Outspoken billionaire investor George Soros on Sunday criticized U.S. and European officials for taking too long to effectively address the financial crisis.

How far can it fall? People have been anxiously wondering as they watch the plunging stock market. But increasingly the same question is being asked about another...

The chaotic hour before Wall Street’s closing bell has never been for the faint of heart. These days, it’s been absolutely brutal.

The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil...

Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to continue its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week as they await action on...

European leaders agreed to several measures _ German Chancellor Angela Merkel called them a “tool kit” _ that governments will be able to use to shore up...

The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new...

Newspaper companies renegotiating debt agreements with lenders:

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy says countries that use the euro will temporarily guarantee bank refinancing to ease the credit crunch.

A draft declaration by euro-zone leaders says their governments plan to temporarily guarantee future loans among private banks to unlock frozen credit markets.

A draft declaration by leaders of countries that use the euro currency says their governments would temporarily guarantee future bank debt to encourage lending and ease...

Appealing for global unity in a time of crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that isolationism and protectionism do not offer a way to contain the...

The government’s plan to make sure private managers of a $700 billion bailout plan are free of conflicts of interest is weak, according to some critics, and...

Global finance leaders are pledging cooperation between rich and poor nations to deal with a severe credit crisis after President Bush discussed the seriousness of the...

For General Motors Corp. to acquire Chrysler LLC and all of its warts, GM would have to get desperately needed cash. Lots of it, according to industry analysts.

The International Monetary Fund says it strongly endorses a plan by rich countries to fight the global credit crisis.

President Bush and foreign financial officials displayed joint resolve Saturday to combat the unfolding financial crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has...

As a country in the south Pacific, New Zealand is close enough to the big Asian economies to be strongly affected by developments there. Accordingly, Asian business is...

May 7, 1998: Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler-Benz, the maker of the upscale Mercedes Benz, announces a $36 billion merger with Chrysler. The new company,...