Goldman Sachs recently touted the Treasury Department's 23% annualized return on its investments in the bank, but a research firm has documented how other investments made with money from Washingtonâ??s TARP program aren't going as well.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks recovered a bit on Tuesday after the previous session's drubbing on a bleak global economic forecast, as investors focused on home sales and the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting, with a statement to be issued Wednesday by the regulator.

At least three small, cash-strapped banks have stopped paying the U.S. government dividends that they owe from taking part in the Treasuryâ??s Troubled Asset Relief Program, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The financial crisis is spreading to America's heartland. Learn how a truckload of toxic Lehman Brothers debt could hurt Farmer Mac.