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guardian.co.uk » UK news | guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago
Chancellor will 'stand behind British savers' as Icelandic government decides not to honour its obligation to savers
Also tagged: business, uk news, world news, money, savings, consumer affairs, banking sector, banks and building societies
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph News - 2 hours ago
The Government this morning stepped in to ease British savers' fears over the meltdown of the Icelandic banking system by guaranteeing the deposits of customers of Icesave.
Also tagged: financial crisis, guarantee, alistair darling, icesave
nytimes.com » NYT > World Business - 4 hours ago
In addition to seeking a $5.5 billion loan from Russia, Iceland pegged its currency to an index and took control of one of its largest banks as it struggled to keep its economy afloat.
Also tagged: finances, subprime mortgage crisis, economic conditions and trends, banks and banking
dominionpaper.ca » The Dominion: All Stories - 5 hours ago
Iceland is nearing economic collapse as its second largest bank has been nationalized by the government. The most free-market of the Nordic countries, it seems as if Iceland has been too heavily involved in the credit …
Also tagged: europe, economics, capitalism, subprime
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph Personal Finance - 5 hours ago
Hundreds of thousands of British savers at Icesave have had their accounts frozen at the popular internet bank.
Also tagged: chaos, financial crisis, deposits, savers, credit crisis, landsbanki, internet bank, icebank
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph Football - 5 hours ago
FA chairman calls for 'means testing' on potential buyers as financial meltdown threatens West Ham owner.
Also tagged: football, west ham, premier league, tottenham, sol campbell, lord triesman, the fa, engliash premier league
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor - 5 hours ago
Quota share systems are an important tool to conserve fish stocks [news story, Sept. 22], but other steps are equally important. Key actions include following scientific recommendations for catch limits, catch …
Also tagged: new zealand, fishing, alaska, sustainable, juneau, fatiah hosein, marine conservation alliance, david benton
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Health - 6 hours ago
A biotech company today will begin offering the first genetic test to assess a woman's risk for the most common forms of breast cancer, reigniting debate about the growing number of unregulated genetic tests.
Also tagged: test, chicago, breast, risk, united states, common, food and drug administration, johns hopkins university, university of washington, cancers, tamoxifen, harvard medical school, judges, for, reykjavik, american cancer society, says, firm, american society of clinical oncology, mary claire king, karen riley, kay wissmann, center for genetics and public policy, kari stefansson, eric winer, debbie saslow, joan scott
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Middle East - 8 hours ago
PARIS, Oct. 7 -- The European Union raised its guarantee on private savings from $27,200 to $68,000 Tuesday and pledged anew to increase coordination among its 27 member governments in containing an outbreak of bank …
Also tagged: europe, european union, australia, france, germany, ireland, south korea, japan, luxembourg, russia, netherlands, united states, hong kong, united kingdom, shanghai, finland, saudi arabia, egypt, dubai, persian gulf, a, to, unified, reykjavik, crisis, brussels, approach, angela merkel, nicolas sarkozy, seeks, e u, the associated press, kevin sullivan, deutsche bank ag, alain minc, dmitry medvedev, christine lagarde, ellen knickmeyer, craig whitlock, cairo egypt, brian lenihan, houses of the oireachtas, geir haarde, landsbanki islands hf, kaupthing banki hf, center for european policy studies, daniel gros
nytimes.com » NYT > Business - 9 hours ago
In addition to seeking the $5.4 billion loan from Russia, Iceland pegged its currency to an index and took control of one of its largest banks as it struggled to keep its economy afloat.
Also tagged: finances, subprime mortgage crisis, banks and banking