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Russian stocks reverse losses

MOSCOW (AP) _ Russian stock indexes are surging back into positive territory as U.S. President George W. Bush redoubled efforts to push a $700 billion bailout package through Congress.  Full Story
Today, 21:04 | Associated Press

Europe rescues more banks as U.S. scrambles for bailout plan

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bank rescues spread in Europe on Tuesday and some investors expressed faith that the U.S. Congress would eventually approve a $700 billion bailout plan for the financial sector.   Full Story  
Today, 16:43 | Reuters

World Bank urges Yushchenko to quickly sign joint stock company law

The World Bank urged Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko to quickly sign the new law governing joint stock companies.   Full Story  
Today, 14:50 | Ukrainian News

Regulators halt trading on Russian exchanges

MOSCOW (AP) - Regulators quickly halted trading on Russia's two major stock exchanges Sept. 30 after share prices dropped sharply in response to the economic bailout turmoil in the United States.   Full Story  
Today, 12:31 | Associated Press

US bailout rejection spurs flight to safety

HONG KONG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Recession fears mounted and investors raced for safe havens after U.S. lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a $700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry, but Asian stocks trimmed deep early losses after Wall Street's biggest fall since the crash of 1987.   Full Story  
Today, 08:53 | Reuters

Thwarted bailout hammers Asia stocks; yen up

HONG KONG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Asian stocks tumbled, putting them on course for the biggest monthly decline in more than a decade, and the yen hit a 4-month high on Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion plan to end financial panic and stave off recession.   Full Story  
Today, 08:46 | Reuters

Stocks plunge as U.S. lawmakers reject bailout bill

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials sank on Monday in the blue-chip average's biggest one-day point drop ever after U.S. lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a $700 billion financial bailout, spooking investors who saw it as essential to halting a global market meltdown.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 23:45 | Reuters

Oil sinks below $100 as U.S. bailout plan voted down

NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices plunged as much as $10 a barrel Monday as a U.S. financial bailout plan failed to win legislative approval, increasing fears a prolonged economic downturn that could sharply curtail energy demand   Full Story  
Yesterday, 22:02 | Associated Press

Global markets slide as U.S. lawmakers reject $700 billion bailout

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry in a shock vote that sent global markets sliding as the world credit crisis claimed more banks.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 21:16 | Reuters

US financial fire fans across global borders

PARIS (AP) - Wall Street's meltdown isn't just America's problem. While many around the world are watching the financial crisis unfold as if it were a gruesome spectator sport, the consequences for businesses and ordinary people from Tokyo to Buenos Aires could dig deep and last long. And that's regardless of what happens to the U.S. government's bailout plan.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 08:09 | Associated Press

Financial markets paralyzed

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Investors start the final quarter of 2008 this week in an increasingly dysfunctional global market, after weeks of historic turbulence that have prompted a near seizure in lending between banks   Full Story  
28 September, 18:47 | Reuters Archive