Financial crisis: US stock markets suffer worst week on record

US stock markets have suffered their worst week on record following another torrid day of trading despite growing hopes that the government could step in to guarantee bank deposits and lending between financial institutions.

Bush: Serious crisis needs serious global response

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Bush urged global finance leaders on Saturday to work together on plans to fix “the serious global crisis” in credit markets. “We’re in this together.

20 questions on the market meltdown

It was another week of worsts:
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index suffered its worst weekly loss in almost 70 years. The Canadian dollar had its biggest one-day drop in almost 40 years.
As hundreds of billions in bailout money fails to stem investor panic, a look at some of the questions on the minds of consumers [...]