Feds spell out FREDDIE-FANNIE backstop plan...
White House Will Ask for Authority to Buy Stock...
Not expected to help more companies...
Government as the Big Lender...
'Unmitigated Disaster'...

President Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling...

Oil rebounds to near $145 barrel...

Chavez says could reach $300...

PAPER: 150 banks nationwide could potentially fail over next year...

SEC WARNS WALL STREET: STOP SPREADING THE FALSE RUMORS...