Marcy Gordon

AP answers your questions on the news, from solar panels to presidential news conferences. Does the government offer any help to people who want to green up their homes ? but are short on green in their wallets?

Treasury defends $1 trillion toxic asset plan after JPMorgan Chase CEO says won't participate. The Treasury Department on Thursday defended the viability of its $1 trillion plan to get soured mortgage investments off of banks' books after JPMorgan Chase's chief executive said the company won't participate in the program.

Obama administration's plan to overhaul financial system draws GOP opposition, rules' targets. The Obama administration's aggressive plan for strict scrutiny of hedge funds and other freewheeling investors, part of the biggest expansion of financial restraints since the Great Depression, is drawing instant opposition from Republican lawmakers and the rules' targets. And skeptics are questioning whether the new rulebook would work anyway.

Stricter financial rules proposed, but will Wall Street find a way to get around them?. The Obama administration's aggressive plan for strict scrutiny of hedge funds and other freewheeling investors, part of the biggest expansion of financial restraints since the Great Depression, is drawing instant opposition from Republican lawmakers and the rules' targets. And skeptics are questioning whether the new rulebook would work anyway.

Red-faced at AIG bonus loophole, Dodd and Geithner blame each other for nixing stricter limits. The case of the missing AIG bonus limits has become a tale of political intrigue and Democratic infighting that could threaten the re-election chances of a top senator and the credibility ? if not the career ? of one of President Obama's top advisers.

Appeals court to get chance to decide whether Madoff must stay in prison until sentencing. A federal appeals court is to get a chance to decide whether Bernard Madoff should remain in prison until he is sentenced for defrauding investors of billions of dollars.