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Eurozone leaders plan to create a financial facility to defend the euro and lower the interest rates its weaker economies pay for sovereign debt. As turmoil grips world markets, the politicians pledge to set up the firewall against contagion before Asian markets reopen on Monday.

The European Union's agreement to support debt-ridden Greece was achieved after long wrangling. But the eurozone has more trouble spots that could threaten the group.

U.S. stocks are set for yet another lower open Friday morning after two consecutive days of declines. The technology sector will remain in the spotlight after Dell's (DELL) worse-than-expected earnings reported late Thursday. As a whole, investors may be moving toward safer securities in the...

If creating buzz about better times can help create better times, then better economic conditions may be ahead. That's because even now European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is sounding positive and seeing "green shoots." "As far as growth is concerned, we're around the inflection...

The nation is still in the grips of a pronounced recession, and sometimes it's hard to detect bright spots amid the crush of news of layoffs and home foreclosures. Still, positives are starting to build up in the U.S. economy, and listed below are five that investors should note. 1) Q1 earnings...

The global recession has dramatically reduced demand and tightened credit, but now monetary officials in the world's three largest economies have signaled that they'll do what it takes to help reverse those negative trends. A day after China's central bank pledged to keep money flowing into the...

The dollar has had much working against it in the past decade: roughly eight years of policy errors, an inability by public officials to recognize the mercantilism of major economic powers, and (until recently) a U.S. consumer unable to curb profligate spending habits. But the buck has had one...

In economics and in financial data analysis, superlatives are generally avoided. (Certain financial news shows on cable TV are the exception, of course.) Specificity and moderation are the rules -- after all, we're talking about business and money. Still, given the forces that have affected the...

During difficult financial times, investors often turn to likes of Warren Buffett or George Soros for analysis. However, today we turn to another sage -- Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, retired Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher and author of yogiisms, incisive malapropisms that reveal eternal...