Banking system 'safe,' Paulson tells nervous public
But economy is in 'tough time,' says Treasury secretary
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public yesterday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.
Now, it's international steel makers who are seeking out coal holdings
By Tim Huber
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It's been more than a century since J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and other U.S. steel barons built mining empires that dominated life across wide swaths of Central Appalachia's coalfields, securing essential fuel for their mills.
