Posted: 7:18 PM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate will vote Thursday on a request to release the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund.

Posted: 7:08 PM The E.W. Scripps Co. has asked interested buyers to submit bids for the Rocky Mountain News by close of business Friday.

Posted: 2:44 PM A top Democrat says President-elect Barack Obama's economic team supports spending between $40 billion and $100 billion from the remaining financial sector bailout specifically to reduce the number of foreclosures.

Posted: 2:39 PM A darkening outlook for companies from banks to retailers to energy producers has pummeled Wall Street Wednesday.

Updated: 9:14 AM We all know times are tough and parents are getting creative and thinking of ways to trim costs. Maybe cutting your kids' hair or even your husband's hair is something you can do to save money?

Updated: 6:36 PM Executives of banks that benefit from the federal bailout will get to fly their company jets after all.

Updated: 7:23 PM Colorado Governor Bill Ritter was in Pueblo on Tuesday to shed some light on the new solar power system that was built on the C.S.U. campus.

Posted: 12:55 PM Peter Orszag told the Senate Budget Committee to expect budget deficits equaling 5 percent of the size of the economy for the next five or ten years.

Posted: 12:45 PM President-elect Barack Obama has asked Democratic senators not to stand in the way of an additional $350 billion in bailout funds, calling the money essential to helping the troubled economy.

Updated: 11:10 AM A department store opening in Aurora seeking to fill 150 positions is being flooded with hundreds of applicants, some of whom say they haven't been able to find a job in months.

Posted: 11:14 PM President-Elect Barack Obama now wants Congress to open the checkbook on the other half of the $700 billion bailout.

Posted: 9:26 PM Democratic lawmakers say they hope to have an economic stimulus ready for the next president's signature by mid-February.

Posted: 9:22 PM Colorado-based jewelry store retailer Shane Co., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying the business had a disappointing holiday season.

Posted: 5:58 PM Next November's election will be done by mail for El Paso County voters. It's expected to save the county $242,000.

Posted: 3:50 PM President-elect Barack Obama says he plans to make a fundamental change in the way the $700 billion financial rescue fund is spent.

Posted: 2:46 PM The latest Lundberg Survey finds the average national price of gasoline rose nearly 12 cents in the past three weeks. That marks the first price hike after six months of steady decreases.

Posted: 2:40 PM Two companies collecting money to help homeowners avoid foreclosure have reached agreements with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, while a third agreed to stop advertising low teaser rates.

Posted: 9:47 AM President-elect Barack Obama says that when it comes to his stimulus plan, he remains confident that "we're going to get it done" -- despite objections from some Democratic senators over his tax proposals.

Posted: 7:40 PM Vice President Dick Cheney says that his boss, President George W. Bush, has no need to apologize to the American people for not doing more to head off the financial calamity, saying no one saw the crisis coming.

Posted: 4:03 PM Vice President Dick Cheney says that his boss, President George W. Bush, has no need to apologize to the American people for not doing more to head off the financial calamity, saying no one saw the crisis coming.

Updated: 3:23 PM Dozens of students at Steamboat Springs schools are getting peanuts, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches -- or nothing -- for lunch this week after the district cut off those with unpaid balances on their school lunch accounts.

Updated: 12:40 PM The Deerfield, Ill.-based company says the job cuts will come from corporate and field management and won't include store employees.

Posted: 7:45 AM Wall Street's worries about weak consumer spending are reviving, sending stocks lower after even strong retailers reported weak sales for the holiday shopping season.

Posted: 9:04 AM Obama spoke about the state of the economy and his plan moving ahead. He then named Nancy Killefer as his choice to be White House performance officer.

Updated: 9:57 AM The government estimates it will spend $6.5 million by the end of January in salaries and other administrative costs for the $700 billion financial rescue program.