Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday to demand punishment for bankers, power to the poor and protection of the environment at a mass protest meant as a wake-up call to world leaders gathering here this week for an economic summit. ...more

March 29, 2009

Friday's economic summit didn't produce the earthshaking ideas some had hoped for, but that didn't mean it was a total loss, organizer Greg Armstrong said. ...more

March 14, 2009

Friday the 13th certainly seems to be an appropriate date to share scary stories about the downtrodden economy. Yet local business leaders hope the Pasco Economic Summit, slated for Friday, March 13, will begin to dispel some of the financial gloom with ideas to spur a recovery here. ...more

March 11, 2009

You know Middle America is really nervous about the economy when an economic summit of the world's leaders can generate so much weekend buzz. ...more

November 18, 2008

In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has loudly proclaimed the need to increase regulation and oversight of financial markets, vowing last week to "refound the global financial system" as part of "an intellectual and moral revolution." ...more

October 27, 2008

President Bush said Thursday that he has accepted an invitation from President Hu Jintao of China to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a move that is likely to inflame China's critics who are calling for a boycott of the games to protest human rights abuses in that country. ...more

September 7, 2007