Taxpayers may not recover all of the bailout money awarded to the auto sector, said Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel in charge of the Troubled Assets Relief Program [TARP].

Banks were pressured to take government bailout funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program whether they wanted to or not, said Bill Cooper, the chairman and CEO of TCF Financial.

The U.S. banking system will lose some 1,000 banks over the next two years, said John Kanas, BankUnited chairman & CEO on Thursday.

With the failure of Guaranty Bank of Austin, the list of U.S. bank failures for 2009 has swelled to 81, and Rochdale Securities analyst Richard Bove sees that number rising to between 150 and 200 before the financial crisis is over.

Reappointing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is the “right thing” to do, said Former Federal Reserve governor Frederic Mishkin on Monday.

Although the U.S. economy is losing jobs at a slower rate, unemployment could still exceed 10 percent, said Tig Gilliam, CEO of staffing company Adecco North America.

Reduced access to credit is likely to continue to weigh on consumer's ability to spend, according to Fair Isaac CEO Mark Greene.

Corning stock  softened in early morning trading despite reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Monday.

Wells Fargo stock took a hit Wednesday, as a surge in bad loans overshadowed record profit, sending its shares down 5.3 percent.

The Obama administration’s public healthcare plan would undermine competition among insurers, said Rep. Ryan, R-Wis.

As flu season goes into high gear in the southern hemisphere, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security is preparing for a potential flu outbreak in the United States, according to its top official.