http://biz.yahoo.com/topic/economy-gov/The latest news on the economy from Yahoo! Financeen-usSat, 21 Mar 2009 00:30:03 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090320/business_us_column_stocks_outlook.html?.v=1Wall Street's attempt to recover further from 12-year lows faces its biggest test yet next week in the Treasury's long-delayed bank rescue plan.yahoo_finance/998028558Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:30:03 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/bank_closings.html?.v=8Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Georgia, Colorado and Kansas, marking 20 failures of federally insured banks this year. More are expected to succumb to the prolonged recession.yahoo_finance/275354899Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:27:46 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/na_us_bank_closings.html?.v=1Regulators on Friday shut down FirstCity Bank in Georgia, marking the 18th failure this year of a federally insured bank. More are expected to succumb to the prolonged recession.yahoo_finance/1836738381Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:27:30 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/obama_budget.html?.v=14President Barack Obama's budget would produce $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, more than four times the deficits of Republican George W. Bush's presidency, congressional auditors said Friday.yahoo_finance/2876466529Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:11:16 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005873.html?.v=1NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AA+' rating on approximately $3.56 billion of senior revenue bonds issued on behalf of or guaranteed by Ascension Health, Missouri and the 'AA' rating on approximately $599 million of Ascension Health's subordinated revenue bonds.yahoo_finance/274412508Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:24:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005868.html?.v=1SAN FRANCISCO----Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to the following City and County of Honolulu , Hawaii's general obligation bonds:yahoo_finance/1742495776Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:09:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005859.html?.v=1MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----SolFocus today announced that it showcased a display of its concentrator photovoltaic solar technology to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of his tour of the 2009 Green California Exposition.yahoo_finance/1720864380Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:46:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/la_russia_chicken_plants.html?.v=1Russia says it found drug residue in chicken from processing plants in Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, and will stop taking imports from them next Friday.yahoo_finance/227662981Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:32:24 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/wall_street.html?.v=63Wall Street closed out its first two-week gain in almost a year Friday -- barely. After a mixed start, stocks veered lower in the afternoon as financial stocks fell and investors collected profits from the advance that saw the Dow rise 14 percent over seven trading days.yahoo_finance/605589753Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:22:47 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/090320/032009_oil.html?.v=3Oil prices fell Friday but managed to close above $50 a barrel for the second day in a row as investors mulled the trillion dollar U.S. plan that is aimed at thawing credit markets.yahoo_finance/1796126649Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:59:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/credit_markets.html?.v=1Treasurys fell again Friday after surging on the Federal Reserve's midweek announcement that it would buy $300 billion in government debt.yahoo_finance/1221442452Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:55:27 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005841.html?.v=1WHEATON, Ill.----First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on April 15, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 3, 2009.yahoo_finance/3387559847Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:52:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/postal_cuts.html?.v=2Battered by the economy, the post office is offering early retirement to 150,000 workers, cutting management and closing offices, the agency said Friday.yahoo_finance/3396767031Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:49 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005840.html?.v=1NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned 'AA-' ratings to the following general obligation bonds to be issued by the State of Michigan :yahoo_finance/1378842082Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005838.html?.v=1WHEATON, Ill.----First Trust Strategic High Income Fund III has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on April 15, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 3, 2009.yahoo_finance/1535883667Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:46:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005836.html?.v=1WHEATON, Ill.----First Trust Strategic High Income Fund has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on April 15, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 3, 2009.yahoo_finance/13378385Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:44:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/ks_xgr_milk_labeling.html?.v=1The Kansas House passes a bill to impose stricter requirements on producers who label their milk as hormone-free. The 75-44 vote Friday sent the measure to the Senate.yahoo_finance/1884533462Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:26:39 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090320/sc_stimulus_sanford.html?.v=5South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Friday he won't spend $700 million in federal stimulus cash, an announcement unlikely to affect whether the state gets the money and one that came after the Republican was twice rebuffed by the White House in his attempts to use the cash to pay off state debt.yahoo_finance/3715710426Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:23:20 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005811.html?.v=1NEW YORK----The Board of Trustees of DWS High Income Trust announced that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on May 28, 2009 at the New York Marriott Eastside, 525 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017.yahoo_finance/1573511760Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:15:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090320/20090320005816.html?.v=1NEW YORK----The Boards of Trustees of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust , DWS Strategic Income Trust , DWS Multi-Market Income Trust , and DWS Municipal Income Trust announced that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for each Fund will be held on May 28, 2009 at the New York Marriott Eastside, 525 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017.yahoo_finance/3018422863Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:15:00 Etc/GMT