The Weekly Standard / By Mark Hemingway Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies -- including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve… more »

Bloomberg By James G. Neuger and Stephanie Bodoni European governments failed to agree on releasing a loan payment to spare Greece from default, ramping up pressure on Prime Minister George Papandreou to first deliver budget cuts in the face of dome… more »

Monday, April 18, 2011By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Export-Import Bank, an independent agency of the federal government, is now planning a $2.84-billion loan for a massive project to expand and upgrade an oil refinery--in Cartagena,… more »

  Story From BBC News US mortgage giant Freddie Mac saw a loss of $8bn (£5.3bn) in the first three months of 2010 and said it would ask for a further $10.6bn in state aid. The firm has made a number of federal cash requests since it was taken over… more »

Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer, On Friday March 19, 2010, 11:25 am EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some homeowners who sign up for the government's mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: Lower credit scores. For borrowers who are makin… more »