financial crisis

IMF to issue report: financial crisis restricts the economy for at least 7 years

25 Sep 2009 05:43:09 GMT

Sep. 25 MetalBiz--IMF intends to state in the report to be released early October that the attack to economic development brought about by the global financial crisis will last for...

China bestseller sees plots and profit in financial crisis

21 Sep 2009 06:07:53 GMT

BEIJING, Sept 21 - An disaster worse than the financial crisis will engulf the world, predicts China's latest financial bestseller, and its author is preparing to profit from the turmoil. But that profit will not...

UPDATE 1-Obama to give speech on financial crisis Monday

11 Sep 2009 01:20:22 GMT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 - U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech about the financial crisis on Monday in New York, marking the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the White House said on...

Obama to give speech on financial crisis Monday

11 Sep 2009 01:19:31 GMT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 - U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech about the financial crisis on Monday, marking the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the White House said. "He will discuss the...

TIMELINE-World leaders meet to tackle financial crisis

30 Mar 2009 01:14:39 GMT

March 27 - Leaders of the G20 group of developed and emerging economies meet in London next week to try to chart a way out of the global financial crisis. Here is a timeline of...

U.S. senators seek broad probe of financial crisis

3 Mar 2009 02:16:16 GMT

WASHINGTON, March 2 - Two senior U.S. senators on Monday proposed creating a special committee to conduct a sweeping investigation of America's financial crisis -- from record home foreclosures to shrinking retirement accounts. In a...

SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 0055 GMT

2 Mar 2009 01:52:47 GMT

NEWS - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations agree to ease monetary policy, resist protectionism as they fight financial crisis. - British PM Brown wants more rigorous global supervision of banking. Says no hedge fund, tax...

SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 2330 GMT

2 Mar 2009 01:52:38 GMT

FACTBOX-How the financial crisis is affecting eastern Europe

24 Feb 2009 02:12:06 GMT

Feb 23 - Following are some details of how the financial crisis is affecting eastern European countries inside and outside of the European Union: EU COUNTRIES: BULGARIA -- Bulgaria's farming industry, once a main stay...

British actions to deal with the financial crisis

10 Feb 2009 05:23:10 GMT

Feb 10 - Several prominent bankers will be grilled by British lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday over the role banks played in the financial crisis. Below are key steps Britain has taken since the beginning...

Global financial crisis sparks unrest in Europe

10 Feb 2009 03:04:24 GMT

Feb 9 - Here are some details of protests linked to the global financial crisis: * BOSNIA: -- Workers of Bosnia's only alumina producer Birac protested on Monday in Banja Luka, demanding payments and government...

China eyes greater influence from financial crisis

5 Feb 2009 08:41:16 GMT

BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The international financial crisis could be a blessing for China by leading to greater influence for Beijing in global economic affairs, a government economist said in comments published on Thursday.

China's Wen says financial crisis not reached low point

3 Feb 2009 05:22:14 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The global financial crisis has yet to reach its low point, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday.

Will the global financial crisis halt?

13 Jan 2009 09:50:55 GMT

Nobody talks about "decoupling" any more. Instead, emerging economies are sinking alongside developed ones...

Business Books: Readers seeking answers to financial crisis

5 Dec 2008 04:15:15 GMT

NEW YORK, Dec 4 - American readers want answers to the financial crisis more than advice, turning books by respected economists and successful investors and about past economic slumps into bestsellers, experts say. Billionaire investor...

CNOOC says not affected by financial crisis yet

10 Nov 2008 10:26:42 GMT

Nov. 10, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China's largest offshore oil producer CNOOC Ltd<883>, the listed arm of China National Offshore Oil Corp, said the global financial crisis had no significant impact on its business so...

Financial Crisis Buzzwords

22 Oct 2008 02:46:01 GMT

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My Shopping List

3 Feb 2009 07:09:36 GMT

Millions of Chinese are hitting the roads, traveling back to their hometowns to celebrate the Spring Festival, the country's most important holiday. But amid the festive atmosphere, will their spending during the holiday be affected by the turbulent global economy? How do they intend to ride out the crisis for the rest of the year? Beijing Review interviewed 10 people from all walks of life and various professions about how they are coping with the financial downturn.

Ways to Cut Your 2008 Tax Bill

10 Nov 2008 09:40:49 GMT

It's been a game-changing year for the economy and the stock markets, but even before the financial crisis, the folks in Washington were trying to show that they feel your pain.

Can Buffett Rescue the Market?

10 Nov 2008 08:54:44 GMT

The billionaire investor's forays into GE and Goldman may restore some calm, but he can't turn the tide of the financial crisis all by himself ...

Great Depression 2.0: Tracing the Meltdown

22 Oct 2008 03:21:21 GMT

The housing bubble burst. Wall Street collapsed. Now the aftershocks are radiating throughout Main Street. TIME explores how this initially insular financial crisis went national.

What Not To Do Right Now

13 Oct 2008 09:38:08 GMT

We asked some of the nation's foremost experts in financial crisis what people should do in a moment like this.

Ten Steps To Recovery

27 Sep 2008 09:47:33 GMT

In order to resolve this financial crisis, it is not enough to take toxic assets off the balance sheet of the financial institutions. It is also necessary to reduce the debt overhang of millions of insolvent households via a significant debt reduction on their mortgages.

Hedge fund fees are being squeezed

1 Feb 2009 05:15:57 GMT

Since 1990 the number of hedge funds has grown by 14 times to over 7,000, but abundance has not lowered prices...

Sophisticated finance does bring benefits

19 Jan 2009 08:10:06 GMT

Sophisticated finance does bring benefits. Finance allows the creation of vast enterprises out of the combined capital, supplied at modest cost, of millions of people.

Banks will need much thicker capital cushions

29 Dec 2008 09:54:02 GMT

For a year, banks struggled to respond to investor demands for larger capital cushions...

Britain's new stimulus package

18 Dec 2008 09:44:44 GMT

The economic picture in Britain鈥擡urope's second-largest economy鈥攊s getting ugly...

Looking after international bank

12 Dec 2008 05:51:53 GMT

National regulators are looking after number one...

On the brink of a rare global recession

10 Dec 2008 07:33:27 GMT

The world economy is on the brink of a rare global recession...

Global trade is slowing

8 Dec 2008 09:07:53 GMT

Japan posts dismal export figures; global trade will decline in 2009, the first drop since 1982...