Treasury officials to meet Wall Street execs: report

Treasury officials to meet Wall Street execs: report
May 02, 2008 03:03 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury Department officials plan private meetings
with Wall Street executives and bankers, in an apparent
attempt to counter Congressional Democrats seeking stronger steps to
handle the housing crisis, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Friday.

April auto sales plunge 14 percent
May 01, 2008 10:31 PM ET
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell 14 percent to their lowest
annual rate in a decade in April as weak consumer confidence and rising
gas prices hit the industry's most profitable vehicles
hardest.