© 2025 New Hampshire Public Radio

Persons with disabilities who need assistance accessing NHPR's FCC public files, please contact us at publicfile@nhpr.org.

Support

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

🚨 ALL DONATIONS TO NHPR WILL BE MATCHED $1:$1! MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW. 🚨

U.S. Treasury To Buy Stakes In Nine Banks

NPR

By Jim Zarroli,

Renee Montagne

Published October 14, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

The Bush administration announced new steps Tuesday to shore up the nation's battered financial markets. The government will inject capital into financial institutions to help thaw frozen credit markets, create jobs and fuel economic growth.

Copyright 2008 NPR

Tags

NPR National News NPR News

Jim Zarroli

Jim Zarroli is an NPR correspondent based in New York. He covers economics and business news.

See stories by Jim Zarroli

Renee Montagne

Renee Montagne, one of the best-known names in public radio, is a special correspondent and host for NPR News.

Related Content

Are you a grandparent-to-be? Here's some advice from those who came before you

Suzanne Nuyen

Sept. 7 is National Grandparents Day. NPR readers shared the joys of becoming grandparents and offered some sage advice.
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign

The Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election.
Fantasy or faith? One company's AI-generated Bible content stirs controversy

Geoff Brumfiel

"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators.
A teen nicknamed 'God's influencer' is becoming the first millennial saint

Ruth Sherlock

Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006, is known in the Catholic Church as "God's influencer" for harnessing technology to spread the word about miracles.
Russia assaults Ukraine with over 800 drones and decoys, the largest such attack in the war

The Associated Press

Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began.

You make NHPR possible.

NHPR is nonprofit and independent. We rely on readers like you to support the local, national, and international coverage on this website. Your support makes this news available to everyone.

Give today. A monthly donation of $5 makes a real difference.