Macy's Inc. reported a sharp drop in sales, Best Buy Co. slashed its 2009 outlook on fears that consumer spending will keep eroding, and Morgan Stanley outlined plans to cut 10 percent of staff in its institutional securities group.
Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the
government's $700 billion financial rescue package won't be
purchasing banks' troubled assets, and will instead buy stakes in
the banks.
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