Muscovites express concern over the exchange rate, as the rouble is devalued for the sixth time this year.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JANUARY 19, 2009) REUTERS -
Russia let the rouble's value slide again for the sixth ...   more »

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces 50 billion pound bailout plan
to kickstart lending.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 19, 2008) POOL -
Britain threw its troubled banks their second multi-billion pound
lifeline in three ...   more »

A British property developer is selling raffle tickets for the deeds to his
house in an effort to beat the stagnant home sales market.

RUISLIP, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 15, 2009) REUTERS -
A ...   more »

Apple says its chief and technical visionary, Steve Jobs, will take a leave
of absence until the end of June because of health problems "more
complex" than thought, backtracking on reassurances, stunning investors
and sending ...   more »

Officials say German entrepreneur Adolf Merckle left a goodbye note
to his family before he was hit by a train

Relatives of the 74-year-old said in a statement the global financial
turmoil and battle to ...   more »

Steve Jobs, the man who oversaw the creation of the iPod and the
iPhone, reassured investors that he is healthy enough to stay at the helm of
Apple.

His comments were an attempt to squash ...   more »

U.S. stocks fall as slowing cell phone sales data hurt telecom stocks, and
Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff appears at a bail hearing in Federal
Court.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA (JANUARY 5, 2009) ...   more »