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Europe governments go their own way on crisis (AP)

SEC sues Democrat fundraiser for alleged $60M scam (AP)

AP - Federal regulators on Monday sued political fundraiser Norman Hsu for allegedly operating a $60 million investment scam and using some proceeds to ...

Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since '04 (AP)

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

Reuters - Economic shots traded in Canadian election race

Government says economy can avoid recession (Reuters)

Reuters - Canada's government said on Monday the economy can still avoid a recession even as the global financial crisis battered the Toronto stock market ...

Commodities prices drop as credit crisis spreads (AP)

AP - Commodities prices tumbled broadly Monday on growing expectations that the financial crisis pummeling world markets will dramatically reduce global ...

Mutual Funds from Washington Post

As Strains Go Global, It's a Time to Pick and Choose Abroad

NEW YORK -- Investing in overseas stocks has been like a whirlwind trip abroad for U.S. investors the past few years. Now the journey has ended, at least ...

Proxy Ballots Feature Human Rights and Climate Change Issues

NEW YORK -- Discussions of the bloodshed in Darfur and issues like climate change occur regularly in the world of politics, but lately these issues have ...

With Low Fees, ETFs Rival Mutual Funds

NEW YORK -- While mutual funds are a staple of many 401(k) and other retirement plans, exchange-traded funds are likely to become serious competitors ...

End of Year Offers Time to Evaluate Goals

NEW YORK -- It's a time of year when we make promises of self-betterment that we have little intention of keeping. Sure, failing to drop those last few ...

Time for a Portfolio Tuneup

NEW YORK -- The final weeks of the year offer mutual fund investors an opportunity to make changes in their holdings. It's worth taking the time because ...

'Backtesting' May Not Predict Performance

NEW YORK -- In investing, like sports, the numbers can be compelling but don't always tell the whole story.

Financial Times Market News

Overview: Equity markets plunge amid flight from risk

A wave of selling swept through global equity markets, sending some markets plunging to their heaviest one-day falls for more than 20 years

Wall St plummets to four-year lows

A sharp sell-off in US equities pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 10,000 as concerns heightened that banking crises would deepen and further ...

Overnight interbank lending rates rise

Further travails for banks in Europe reversed the recent easing in overnight lending rates, while the US Federal Reserve dramatically increased its efforts ...

FTSE 100 in biggest fall since Black Monday

The London market was routed with the FTSE 100 suffering its biggest one day percentage fall since Black Monday in 1987, and biggest points fall ever

Yen jumps on hopes for Japan

The Japanese currency jumped 5.7 per cent against the euro, its largest one-day gain since the European single currency started trading in 1999. It also ...

Oil sinks below $90 as commodities retreat

US crude oil prices fell below the $90 a barrel level, leading a broad retreat across energy, metals and grains as commodities found themselves battered ...

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