The administration is heeding calls from Congress to cooperate on legislation to solve the widening financial crisis.

Peter Morici, Professor of International Business at the University of Maryland, and Senior Fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute

In the last two weeks Wall Street has taken a serious beating. Not only is the economy up for grabs, but jobs are too, especially for anyone working in the financial sector. For those who have already gotten their pink slip, or fear it’s en route, The Takeaway offers tips from Marci Alboher, who writes the New York Times' "Shifting Careers" blog. She’s been culling advice for financial professionals who are — or will be — pounding the pavement.

Shops and supermarkets across China have been withdrawing dairy products after the revelation that powdered baby milk, and now liquid milk, has been contaminated. A government watchdog group said nearly ten per cent of milk samples taken in recent days contained the industrial chemical melamine, which makes the protein content appear higher. Four babies have died and more than six-thousand children have fallen ill as a result of the contamination.

Teams, not solo stars, from the United States and Europe go head to head in Louisville, Kentucky, to play for golf's Ryder Cup. The Tiger-less Americans, heavy underdogs with six rookies on the team, are up against a team of European all-stars. The United States has lost five out of the last six Ryder Cups, and the pressure is on their young team.

This week we’ve been hearing a lot about giants of the American economy getting saved by the government. But the bailout isn’t just the preserve of Wall Street. In fact, musicians have long since mastered the art of getting saved from financial ruin. Terrance McKnight, host of WNYC's "Evening Music," joins The Takeaway to talk about three very different musicians who got thrown the financial life preserver just in the nick of time.

They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the first of a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein visits Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania's Luzerne County to see how voters there are reacting to the economic crisis and the candidates.

With the embrace of Sarah Palin, rising popularity of Katie Couric, and the success of Rachel Maddow, all things female are en vogue. But, this seems to be something that happens every 4 years, only to be forgotten and shelved until the next election.

As of Friday morning, global stock markets had been staging major rallies after news of a possible government plan to rescue banks from bad mortgage debt. But there have been troubles on Wall Street all week. And everyone wants to know when the troubles will hit Main Street. New York Times economics writer Louis Uchitelle has a suggestion: Look at your credit card statement.

Forty-four years ago, Maine Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman nominated by either of the major parties for president. A lot has changed since 1964 (the year vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin was born), but some things haven't changed at all.

New numbers show that, while everyone else is in the red, spending on breakfast foods has actually increased. What does the nation eat when times are tight?

Guest: Jeremy Batsone-Carr, head of research at stock-trading firm Charles Stanley & Company Ltd., in London