http://news.alibaba.com/people.financial-crisis/feed/ The latest people.financial crisis news, articles and galleries from around the world. en-us Alibaba http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100046013-1-obama-pushes-economic-plan%253B-cloud.html 1 Feb 2009 01:59:53 GMT U.S. President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his emerging economic rescue package on Saturday, as he stood by his latest Cabinet nominee to run into tax problems that could impede confirmation... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100044515-1-schapiro-approved-take-over-new.html 23 Jan 2009 01:54:17 GMT Veteran securities regulator Mary Schapiro was approved on Thursday to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100035338-1-merkel-says-crisis-chance-tough.html 31 Dec 2008 01:56:50 GMT German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would press for stronger international financial regulations, saying the global economic crisis created an opportunity for more controls and greater transparency... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/analysis/100025022-1-economic-odd-couple-lead-u.s..html 25 Nov 2008 02:05:44 GMT Timothy Geithner has spent his life avoiding the limelight. Larry Summers has mostly basked in it... http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/people/100002905-1-can-buffett-rescue-market%253F.html 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 ... http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/finance/100001911-1-what-do-right-now.html 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. http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100009463-1-lehman-bros-head-took-home.html 7 Oct 2008 01:11:03 GMT The head of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers has told Congress that he took home about $300m in pay and bonuses over the past eight years. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/finance/100001622-1-bets-billionaires.html 28 Sep 2008 06:46:02 GMT The world's wealthiest businesspeople are still wheeling and dealing even as President Bush warns "our entire economy is in danger." Net worths for Americans are from our Forbes 400 list, published in September. Net worths for all others are from our list of the world's billionaires, published in March. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/finance/100001616-1-ceos-who-lose-millions-minutes.html 28 Sep 2008 05:59:22 GMT America's richest CEOs of public companies have a collective net worth of $215 billion. Their wallets took a huge hit this year, losing a combined net worth of $20 billion. Of the 30 names on the list of the richest CEOs, just seven posted year-over-year gains, while 17 lost an average of $1.7 billion. Five bosses were lucky to break even. That's a total loss of $1,000 every 1.6 seconds, or $633.78 per second. Overall, each CEO lost an average $790 million last year. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/finance/100001609-1-america%2527s-biggest-billionaire-losers.html 28 Sep 2008 02:36:21 GMT Feeling crushed by the fall in the financial sector? Worried about your investments? You're not alone. As Wall Street faced a wipeout this year, some of America's richest people got sucked into the vortex too, losing millions.