The Treasury Department is trying to stop consumers from getting into credit card trouble right from the start with a series of ads targeting college-age spenders. Rachel Dornhelm reports.

The House is expected to vote on a financial bailout package today, but investors are wondering whether this will shake the fear out of the banking system. Scott Jagow talks to Stephen Beard about Europe's bailout methods.

Tough times make those coupons in the Sunday paper even more tempting. But even that familiar search for savings is transforming in the Internet age. Janet Babin reports.

It's been a heck of a week, hasn't it? The deal was on. Then it was off. The economy was collapsing -- but not yet, it seems. Kai Ryssdal talks with Katie Benner of Fortune magazine and David Leonhardt of The New York Times about all that's happened.