By DAN LEVIN
China is set to claim a radio frequency that Europe wanted to use for its Galileo navigation satellites.
By STEPHEN LABATON
The White House will reportedly urge increased oversight of hedge funds and new rules for executive pay at all banks, Wall Street firms and possibly other companies.
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, ERIC DASH AND GRAHAM BOWLEY
A proposal is expected soon to buy as much as $1 trillion in troubled mortgages and related assets from financial institutions.
By DAVID JOLLY
Daimler, the German maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, said Sunday that it would sell about €1.95 billion of new shares to Abu Dhabi, making the emirate its largest shareholder.
By DAVID JOLLY
BNP Paribas, reported to be one of the banks under investigation, stressed Sunday that it never counseled clients to invest in a Madoff fund.
By HEATHER TIMMONS
Six years after the idea was hatched, India's much-hyped $2,500 Tata Nano comes to the market.
By ANDREW MARTIN
After being largely ignored for years by Washington, advocates of organic and locally grown food have found a receptive ear in the White House, which has vowed to encourage more nutritious and sustainable food.
By BROOKS BARNES
For more than a decade Hollywood has relied on DVD sales to make money. Now, with DVD sales falling, it is back to the multiplex.
Reuters
The State Council said it would push five steel makers and two or three car companies to take dominant positions in their respective industries.
AP
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced measures to battle Thai economic woes, which include unemployment that is expected to rise to at least one million workers this year.
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Six giant plants capable of cooling and liquefying gas for export are due to come on line this year, just as the economy slows.
FAIR GAME
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Protection for Americans who invest in municipal bonds is so spotty that there is potential for much mischief.
By NARAYANAN SOMASUNDARAM AND MICHAEL FLAHERTY / Reuters
As so many of their peers across the world have done, Indian banks appear ready to tap investors for more cash.
By LORRAINE TURNER / Reuters
Tidjane Thiam is a high-flying executive heralded as the first black boss in the FTSE 100.
By EMILY KAISER / Reuters
Barack Obama and Ben S. Bernanke have even tried to make their case on popular television shows.
By JEREMY GAUNT / Reuters
A significantly different market landscape greets investors this week, courtesy of the Federal Reserve's decision to buy up U.S. Treasury securities.
By MARK JOHN / Reuters
The global economy is set to shrink 1 percent to 2 percent this year, Robert B. Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, said Saturday, adding that the depth of the slowdown was unprecedented since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
By CARL HULSE AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Spurred by anger over A.I.G. bonuses, the House voted to levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid by any company accepting more than $5 billion in bailout money.
By MICHAEL POWELL, DANNY HAKIM AND LOUISE STORY
As attorney general of the state of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo turned his attention to Wall Street in 2008, giving a political voice to those disgusted with the abuses. Will it help him run for governor?
Reuters
Regulators have seized the top clearinghouse for U.S. credit unions, citing a critical deterioration in the finances of the provider of services to thousands of retail credit unions.
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
In a depressed U.S. job market, tensions have swelled as young and old say that employers improperly favor the other.
By JODI RUDOREN
Dozens of small-shop owners are struggling through the recession in Beacon, New York, a faded factory town on the Hudson River that had been reborn through retail.
By JOHN HUGHES / Bloomberg News
General Motors and Chrysler may need "considerably" more than the $21.6 billion in aid they requested, which was based on optimistic recovery plans, according to Steven M. Rattner, the U.S. Treasury's chief auto adviser.
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Starting Tuesday, Honda Motor will offer American consumers what it bills as "the world’s first affordable hybrid."
MARKETS
By JACK HEALY
Financial shares pulled down the broader U.S. markets, with the The Dow Jones industrial average closing down 122.42 points or 1.7 percent, at 7,278.38, giving back many of the gains from earlier in the week.
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
The depth and speed of the manufacturing plunge are striking, and recall conditions that led to the Great Depression.
By FLAVIA KRAUSEJACKSON AND FLAVIA ROTONDI / Bloomberg News
As Europe's most indebted country faces its worst recession since 1975, the Catholic church is stepping in to help cash-strapped Italians.
By PETER EDMONSTON
Goldman Sachs said its direct losses would have been minimal if the vast insurance conglomerate had failed.
DEALBOOK
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Citigroup said Friday that it has named a new financial chief as its current one becomes the chairman of a collection of assets it hopes to dispose of.
By STEVE LOHR
Executives from General Electric doggedly made the case that the company’s huge finance arm was not just a troubled bank in disguise, as investors have feared.
By LESLIE WAYNE
The appeals court order upheld an earlier Federal District Court decision that Mr. Madoff represented a flight risk and should not be released on bail.
By BILL VLASIC
The administration of President Barack Obama has signaled its intent to provide broad relief to the American auto industry with the creation of a $5 billion fund to aid troubled parts suppliers.
SPOTLIGHT
By MATTHEW SALTMARSH
Victor Fung, head of the International Chamber of Commerce, has a simple message to the global leaders who will soon try to set a new path for the economy: "Please deliver."
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