After all the screaming headlines and doom and gloom of the last few days, we got to wondering whether the government's bailout plans have made people feel better. Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman went to find out.

The Treasury Department says it's setting aside up to $50 billion to protect investors in money market mutual funds. Once considered virtually as safe as cash, we learned this week they aren't. Amy Scott reports.

As is now the case with short-selling of some 800 companies. It's ILLEGAL — for the moment. By the way — there's already talk that short sellers will sue. And this may be just the beginning. Marketplace's John Dimsdale tells us Washington… As usual… Is not short of ideas for new regulations.

The federal government is considering creating a new agency that would take on all the toxic debt that has overwhelmed the financial system — hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. Where would it all go? Jeremy Hobson reports.

A bankruptcy judge is expected to sign off on Barclay's bid to buy some of Lehman Brothers assets. Not much will be left of the storied firm after that, but the government will take on the remains. Amy Scott reports.

The plan would take on the liquidity crisis by clearing the so-called toxic loans from the balance sheets of troubled financial institutions. Markets worldwide were boosted on the news. Jeremy Hobson has more.

The bailouts so far haven't generated much of a bump on Wall Street, but the proposal for the government to buy and hold $800 billion in "toxic debt" is well-received. Scott Jagow asks an expert what's up.

The SEC has toughened rules on short selling, the British government has banned shorting of financial firms, and New York's attorney general has launched an investigation into the shorting of financial stocks. Bob Moon reports on why these actions were deemed necessary.