President George W. Bush doesn't see his final Asia-Pacific summit this week as a farewell but rather a chance to enlist more nations in the battle against a financial crisis that threatens to pull the world economy into a severe economic recession.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The International Olympic Committee has lost another sponsor and is struggling to find replacements because of the financial crisis.

WASHINGTON is so nervous that credit cards will become the next financial sinkhole that the government will soon ask banks to go through the arduous task of running tests on hundreds of millions of their cardholders. On Oct. 7, the Office of the...

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Ermenegildo Zegna SpA, the century-old Italian clothing maker, said sales growth will slow in China next year as the financial turmoil erodes demand for luxury suits in the world's most populous nation.

Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. fell to new lows on Wednesday as stock in many life insurers tumbled over debt concerns involving commercial mortgage-backed securities.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysians should consider the current global financial crisis as an opportunity, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today.

These are indeed bad times. The best of your financial plans must have gone haywire because of the stock market crash and the current economic slowdown.

Question: My wife and I are looking into getting some financial advice. Our bank says they offer free services through their financial adviser. This worries my wife because she thinks that the adviser will push the bank's agenda. Is it safer to go with an individual adviser, or is going with one with a bank just as easy? The Mole's Answer: I'm going to go with your wife on this one. But this ...