The Stock Market: The Stock Market Crash in the Stock Market

The Dow Jones Industrial Average capped the worst week in its 112-year history with its most volatile day ever, as hopes for a major international bank-rescue plan were overwhelmed at day’s end by another wave of selling.
Some investors who normally would be jumping to buy beaten-down stocks after a 22% drop over eight trading days [...]

Treasury planning a program to attract private capital alongside public capital to financial institutions.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that the U.S. government was working on a plan to buy stock in financial institutions by using part of the $700 billion authorized by Congress to stabilize the financial system.
“We are [...]