There is a tendency in the Philippines to ape what US authorities are doing with their financial markets. The tendency is to pattern the Philippine financial system to...

Living in Chile, I have seen the US economic crisis in a number of ways. The closest I have been to it is in the community I live in, Puerto Natales, Chile. Puerto...

Foreign investments in the Philippines bounced back in July but total capital from abroad remained thin compared to inflows last year due to the global economic...

Philippine share prices on Friday fell by triple digits as nervous investors dumped stocks in favor of cash amid the global uncertainty, analysts said. The property...

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said her government will spend more to stimulate the economy and protect growth as the world braces for the worst financial...

The Philippine stock market will still be reeling from the effects of the global financial crisis next week, unless some major development occurs over the weekend,...

Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees.

Financial officials from the world’s wealthiest industrial countries are pledging decisive action to deal with the biggest upheavals to hit the global financial...

Julie McCarthy’s description of a 100,000 acre soy farm in Brazil seems to symbolize peace, progress, and economic development: trends for a new Latin America. From...

Published reports say General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM.

The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should...

Selected quotes on actions taken by the Group of Seven major industrial countries on Friday to combat the worldwide financial crisis:

Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.

Text of G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors’ plan of action, as provided by the Treasury Department:

Gold and silver plummeted Friday after Wall Street posted another big loss and forced investors to dump holdings in precious metals to raise badly needed cash.

Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a...

“There’s nothing that’s come anywhere near this.”

Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a sweeping plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.

Developing countries warned on Friday that the global financial crisis could dampen their growth prospects and recommended an international response to prevent...

With its iconic stagecoach, Wells Fargo & Co. has evoked images of the wild West throughout its 156-year history.