The House broke with the Obama administration Thursday over a key part of the auto industry restructuring, pressing General Motors and Chrysler to restore dealerships shuttered by the car companies’ bankruptcies.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that airlines and other companies in the industry that are being sued by families of terrorism victims can’t question FBI agents about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Vice President Joe Biden, in the backyard of the House’s No. 2 Republican, asked critics of the economic stimulus package Thursday to explain how they would help the struggling economy.

Nouriel Roubini, one of the few economists who accurately predicted the magnitude of the financial crisis, said on Thursday that the worst of the turmoil has passed.

Investors piled into technology stocks again to extend the market’s rally. Hope for more good earnings from technology leaders made the industry an attractive bet again Thursday, a day after a strong forecast from chip maker Intel Corp. lifted stocks across the board.

Rejecting pleas to save CIT Group Inc., the Obama administration decided that the possible loss of the nation’s biggest lender for entrepreneurs and minority-owned businesses did not warrant tapping a politically unpopular bailout program financed by taxpayers.

Back when the good times rolled, Harley-Davidson Inc. couldn’t keep up with demand for its flashy high-end motorcycles. Now, the party is over and Harley is feeling the hangover.

NEW YORK—-In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘BBB+’ rating on Presidio Independent School District, Texas’ approximately $9 million in unlimited tax refunding bonds.