Shares of Genworth Financial Inc. lost nearly a fifth of their value Monday after the insurance company said it would not be eligible to participate in the government's $700 billion financial rescue program, deflating hopes that it would soon get a lifeline. Investors have been ...

In the nonprofit legal center Steven Schwartz runs from a converted furniture store in Northampton, Mass., the e-mail was very good news: By week's end, a check for $243,000 would be on its way. The money couldn't come soon enough ...