Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said he will put together a new economic stimulus bill when Congress returns after the presidential election.
The International Monetary Fund stressed that time was running short after leading industrialized nations failed to agree on concrete measures to end the crisis.
The moves come as all three Detroit-based automakers are struggling with a plunge in U.S. sales to 15-year lows and facing tough questions from investors.
Jurors told CNN it was audio tapes of the incident, as well as other secret recordings made of Simpson, that made the difference in the case, not racial make-up.
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