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Hot Docs: Bush Economic Crisis Team Defends Bailout, Looking Back at the G-20 Summit

Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Today's selection of timely reports. more >>

Economic Crisis Summit With Low Expectations Yields Some Consensus on Reform

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - November 17, 2008

G-20 countries resist the temptation to grandstand against the United States, and lay out a broad plan. more >>

Emerging Markets: the Coming Bounce

By Katy Marquardt - Money - November 17, 2008

These hard-hit economies could be the first to dig out of the global credit crisis. more >>

What the Elite Will Eat at the Economic Crisis Summit

Nation & World - November 14, 2008

Smoked quail, roast lamb and, for dessert, pear torte with huckleberry sauce. more >>

Who Are Obama's Economic Summit Stand-Ins?

Nation & World - November 12, 2008

A bipartisan team: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Rep. Jim Leach. more >>

Too Many Countries Are Included in the Economic Crisis Summit, France Says

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - November 12, 2008

Analysts agree there may be too many conflicting agendas to get much resolved. more >>

What to Expect From the Economic Crisis Summit

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - November 12, 2008

A historic gathering, yes, but much of the critical work will come in its aftermath. more >>

Best Small Business to Start: Outsourcing Manager

Money - November 10, 2008

Businesses of all types are willing to pay to outsource services they did themselves. more >>

Europeans Cheer Obama Now but May Complain Later On

By Thomas K. Grose - Nation & World - November 7, 2008

He's seen as better than Bush, but not all disputes will just fade away. more >>

Amid Economic Crisis, United Nations Trying to Keep Focus on Food, Poverty, Climate Crises

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - November 3, 2008

Key U.N. adviser describes effort to make sure global financial meltdown does not hurt aid efforts. more >>

The Global Bounce

By Kirk Shinkle - The Ticker - October 31, 2008

Finally, a good couple of days everywhere. more >>

5 Countries With Growing Income Inequality

Opinion - October 31, 2008

In these countries, the gap between the rich and the middle-class has increased in the last 20 years. more >>

Carlos Slim: Still Not Buying

By Kirk Shinkle - The Ticker - October 30, 2008

He's still worried about the economy. more >>

Is America Really On the Decline?

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - October 29, 2008

Financial crisis. Two wars. Rising rivals. And talk about whether the American era is coming to an end. more >>

Fouad Ajami: The Resilience of American Power

By Fouad Ajami - Opinion - October 29, 2008

It is not yet time to pen "The Decline and Fall of the American Empire." more >>

5 Reasons the Market Could Fall Further

By Kirk Shinkle - Money - October 24, 2008

Credit's still weak, and so is the global economy. more >>

Foreign Stocks Fall Harder

By Kirk Shinkle - The Ticker - October 24, 2008

It could be worse—it is everywhere else. more >>

World Markets Spook Wall Street

By Kirk Shinkle - Money - October 24, 2008

Stocks test the bottom. more >>

Global Economic Crisis: What the November 15 Summit Is Really About

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - October 23, 2008

Reform means the United States will cede some of its power. more >>

Big Trouble in Slowing China

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - October 21, 2008

Weaker economic growth could cause political instability. more >>

Extra Credit Crisis: Merger and Int'l Edition

By Kirk Shinkle - The Ticker - October 20, 2008

It's a good Monday in America, less so overseas. more >>

Fear, Greed, and the Financial Crisis—an American Expat's View From Abroad

By Erica Johnson Debeljak - Opinion - October 16, 2008

An expat of Wall Street and the United States reflects on the economic crisis. more >>

Does Financial Crisis Threaten America's Central Role in Global Economy?

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - October 10, 2008

Wall Street prompts speculation from adversaries and allies about an end to U.S. economic primacy. more >>

Another Collapse in Stocks

By Kirk Shinkle - The Ticker - October 9, 2008

Finance, global troubles lead the way. more >>

Russia Is Slammed Hard by Credit Crisis

By Alastair Gee - Nation & World - October 9, 2008

Stock market volatility leads to frequent trading halts as foreign investors bail out. more >>