AP - Freddie Mac said Tuesday it has named a new chief financial officer, filling a post that has been occupied on an interim basis for a year.

AP - Congress is expected to reject President Barack Obama's proposed mandate that banks offer customers "plain vanilla" financial products, such as a 30-year fixed mortgage.

Reuters - High U.S. unemployment keeps pushing up the rate of mortgage delinquencies, which could in turn drive personal bankruptcies and home foreclosures, monthly data from the Equifax Inc credit bureau showed on Monday.

Reuters - President Barack Obama criticized the largest U.S. banks on Monday for trying to thwart legislation that would overhaul federal student loan programs.

AP - The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way.

AP - The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way.

AP - With the economy starting to rebound but still fragile, Federal Reserve policymakers this week are expected to keep emergency programs to encourage spending and borrowing intact. But to avoid unleashing inflation later on, they are likely to consider ways to rein in programs designed to keep mortgage rates down and get banks to lend more freely.

AP - Dial back the pie-in-the-sky projections.

AFP - Sweden's centre-right government on Saturday announced income tax cuts of 10 billion kronor to stimulate the job market, its primary objective.

AP - European markets traded in a narrow range Friday ahead of expected small gains on the open on Wall Street as a lack of new economic data left investors hesitant to put more money into a rally which this week propelled many indexes to new highs for the year.