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• Oil rebounds on Europe’s bank rescue plan
VIENNA, Austria - A pledge by European countries to keep banks from collapsing injected optimism into oil markets Monday, with prices rebounding from a 13-month low to rise above US$80 a barrel. Gasoline and heating oil also recorded substantial ...
• Canadians vote but polls suggest little change
The prime minister has maintained that Canada will avoid the mortgage meltdown and banking crisis that are hitting the United States and Europe. But his government announced last week that it will buy up to $21 billion in mortgages from the country's ...
• UK bails out banks as Europe acts
Britain bailed out three major banks with 37 billion pounds ($64 billion) on Monday, as European governments used taxpayers' cash to take control and boost confidence in the battered industry. In return for the British government's cash, which could ...
• Christmas Markets in Europe
It's almost holiday shopping time. This year, why not skip the mad dash to the mall and, instead, combine a little retail therapy with a European vacation? If you're thinking a trip to Europe's enchanting Christmas Markets will blow your budget, we ...
• Lacking accord, U.S. and Iraq seek a plan B
Gates told reporters Friday as he returned from a five-day trip to Europe. A month earlier, on Sept. 8, Gates told Congress that he expected an agreement "within the next few weeks." "But I had hoped that some weeks ago," Gates added. Iraqi Vice ...