Despite the historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, homeowners, taxpayers and consumers are hardly out of the woods.

Wall Street mostly advanced Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following a U.S. government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

An old story about United Airlines' 2002 bankruptcy filing resurfaced on a newspaper Web site on Monday, decimating the airline's shares before trading was halted.

Private analysts worry the government bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be enough to stabilize the slumping housing market.

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts — failed to heed warnings that the housing bubble would burst.

Aerospace groups braced for global disruption from a potentially lengthy strike at Boeing as one of the planemaker's biggest suppliers lost no time in cutting production and work hours.

Oil prices slipped Monday as Hurricane Ike weakened over Cuba and the U.S. dollar strengthened.

Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, replaced Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation’s largest savings and loan on Monday.

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