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Bush: US and allies united on crisis

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said Saturday the world's richest economies were united on a "serious global response" to the financial meltdown, as the eurozone countries...

Canada dollar has biggest one-day drop since 1971

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar closed at its lowest level since March 2007 against the U.S. dollar on Friday, taking its biggest one-day slide in nearly 38 years, as fears of a...

Canada dollar has biggest one-day drop since 1971

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar closed at its lowest level since March 2007 against the U.S. dollar on Friday, taking its biggest one-day slide in nearly 38 years, as fears of a...

10/11/08: Sylvain Grenier Interview Recap

This interview recap was sent to us by Jack at InYourHeadOnline.com and is written by Andrew Pritchard.

U.S. pleads for patience in crisis repair efforts

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States appealed for patience on Saturday as world leaders raced to restore financial market confidence and avert the deepest global recession in decades.

Financial crisis unprecedented: Paulson

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The financial crisis sweeping the global economy is one of the most serious challenges ever, leading to a sharp slowdown in growth, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said...

Thoughts on the politics of the financial crisis

You know, after the dot.com bust of a few years ago, you’d think we’d have learned our lessons in general. For a while there, conventional wisdom proclaimed that the old economic laws...

Bush seeks to reassure Americans in face of crisis

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Saturday sought to reassure Americans about the long-term health of the US economy in the face of an acute financial crisis.

U.S. will work with partners on credit crisis: Bush

CBC - After a meeting with finance ministers from around the world on Saturday, U.S. President George W. Bush said the world's wealthiest industrialized countries will work together to attack the...

TV Review: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy's most famous and controversial novel gets the BBC costume drama treatment. The BBC has given us another of their period costume dramas, almost institutions in themselves. Thomas...