Topic: Public Finance
AP News | 2010-02-09 21:56:35
FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 ...
AP News | 2010-02-09 21:58:05
Business Highlights
___ Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private WASHINGTON (AP) — In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can. It's part of an all-out drive by the ...
AP News | 2010-02-09 21:56:34
Menendez urged Federal Reserve to approve deal with home state bank
Sen. Robert Menendez wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last summer seeking help for a home state bank operated by campaign contributors, specifically asking for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. Requests on behalf of constituents — even political donors — are not unusual. But such ...
AP News | 2010-02-09 21:05:02
Figures on government spending and debt
| Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. |
| Total public debt subject to limit Feb. 8 12,291,474 |
| Statutory debt limit |
| Total public debt outstanding Feb. 8 12,347,903 |
| Operating balance Feb. 8 |
