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  1. Egypt's Finance Minister and International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Chairman Youssef Bourtos-Ghali (2nd R), International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C), IMF's First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky (2nd L) and IMF Secretary Shailendra Anjaria (R) attend the meeting of the IMFC at IMF Headquarters in Washington October 11, 2008. (Stephen Jaffe/IMF/Handout/Reuters)
    IMF warns of financial meltdown Reuters - Sat Oct 11, 5:08 PM ET

    WASHINGTON/ COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, France (Reuters) - The IMF warned on Saturday that the global financial system was on the brink of meltdown, while France and Germany pushed ahead with a pan-European crisis response to try to prevent the worst global downturn in decades.

  2. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks at a news conference of the annual IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington October 11, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
    Finance chiefs endorse G7 action plan: IMF panel Reuters - Sat Oct 11, 6:11 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the International Monetary Fund's 185 member countries on Saturday endorsed a plan announced by major economies to chart a course out of the credit crisis.

  3. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, October 11, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Obama opens 6-point lead over McCain Reuters - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 6-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.

  4. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. (KCNA/Reuters)
    U.S. takes North Korea off terrorism blacklist Reuters - Sat Oct 11, 2:54 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearization talks in the final months of the Bush administration.

  5. Ex-president Carter slams Bush on market crisis Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 7:53 AM ET

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday the "atrocious economic policies" of the Bush administration had caused the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

  6. Five killed in U.S. missile attack in Pakistan Reuters - Sat Oct 11, 3:27 PM ET

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected U.S. drones fired two missile on Saturday into a Pakistani region regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban safe haven, killing at least five militants, residents and an intelligence official said.

  7. In this July 16, 2008 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tighten your seat belt. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are preparing to ride out economic and financial storms by holding their most important interest rate steady this week and probably through the rest of this year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
    Americans tightening belts The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Oct 10, 4:00 AM ET

    New York - The dramatic changes in the US financial system – the debt write-downs and consolidation of corporate balance sheets – are now mirrored at kitchen tables around the United States.

  8. London school aims for trendy "Made in Bangladesh" Reuters - Wed Oct 8, 12:46 AM ET

    DHAKA (Reuters Life!) - "Made in Bangladesh" is set for a makeover after the Asian nation's key apparel sector signed up a London fashion design school to help it appeal to more trendy and quality-conscious buyers.

  9. India's first woman saint cheers riot-hit Christians Reuters - Sat Oct 11, 1:56 AM ET

    TRIVANDRUM, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Christians were flocking to a small town in southern India on Saturday to celebrate the planned canonization of a Roman Catholic nun, against a backdrop of the worst anti-Christian riots in decades.

  10. A street sign marks the intersection of Main Street and Wall Street in Windom, Texas October 8, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
    Wall St. woes spur new patterns on Main St. Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 2:58 PM ET

    GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - At one intersection of Wall Street and Main Street, retailers and shoppers say America's economic woes are spurring new patterns in consumer behavior.

  11. The skyline of San Francisco rises behind the fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California September 24, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
    Golden Gate Bridge to get net to catch suicides Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 11:50 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California panel that oversees the Golden Gate Bridge voted on Friday to install netting to catch would-be suicides throwing themselves off the famous span.

  12. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks with an aide before a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) during the World Bank/IMF annual meetings in Washington, DC. The IMF said it was ready to lend to countries in need of capital, as the 15 eurozone economies and Britain readied a Paris summit to seek a joint response.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
    IMF chief hails 'first' global coordination on financial crisis AFP - Sat Oct 11, 7:10 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn hailed the first global coordination to tackle the financial crisis on Saturday, saying developing countries had backed a Group of Seven major economies' action plan.

  13. Russia Is Slammed Hard by Credit Crisis U.S. News & World Report - Fri Oct 10, 1:37 PM ET

    MOSCOW--By any measure, Russia's stock markets have been on a sickening ride.

  14. European Nations Exchange Blame Over Crisis Response U.S. News & World Report - Fri Oct 10, 2:52 PM ET

    PARIS--French President Nicolas Sarkozy received a harsh lesson about European realities when he convened an emergency meeting of leaders representing the Continent's four biggest economies--France, Britain, Germany, and Italy--last week to deal with the financial-markets crisis.

  15. U.S. President George W. Bush (L) speaks to reporters in the Rose Garden after meeting with G7 finance ministers and heads of international finance institutions at the White House in Washington, October 11, 2008. Also pictured are (L-R): Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker, Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alister Darling, Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, Germany's Finance Minster Peer Steinbrueck and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
    IMF warns of financial meltdown as crisis rages Reuters - Sat Oct 11, 12:26 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund warned on Saturday that debt-ridden banks were pushing the global financial system to the brink of meltdown and rich nations had so far failed to restore confidence.

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