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Three quarters of editors and news directors polled say they have "serious reservations" about government funding of journalism, primarily for fear that independence can be compromised.

Central bank will return the money to the Treasury; bank's unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created windfall for the government.

The AIG bailout isn't going away, much as Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner might like it to.

GMAC, the troubled finance company that last week scored a third government bailout, said Tuesday it expects to post a record fourth-quarter loss of $5 billion.

Wells Fargo said Monday evening that it would repay the entire $25 billion that it received in the government's bailout last year. It said some of the money would come from a $10.4 billion stock sale.