WASHINGTON–The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses.
DETROIT-Toyota Motor Corp., the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut that saw its U.S. sales double in the last decade, has come back down to earth. Stung by rare double-digit sales declines and burdened by a growing inventory of slow-selling pickups, Toyota
