credit crisis

The global credit crisis has shattered the expectations of many investors as some bond portfolios have taken enormous hits.

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Lending rates fell Tuesday to levels not seen since before Wall Street's credit crisis erupted in mid-September.

Nearly 100 government investigations are under way, and Congress is holding hearings, trying to find the culprits in the financial meltdown.

The credit crisis is behaving as if it were a vampire searching around for fresh blood. This time it's the supposedly "recession proof" tech, entertainment and art sectors.

Stacey Vanek-Smith has the story.

An astute observer says the financial system isn't anywhere close to a recovery, and a severe global recession is likely to deepen the disaster.

The well-known paleontologist told the Associated Press that the worldwide credit crisis is "extremely worrying" to scientific researchers who rely on foundations, philanthropists, and companies for support....

Kai Ryssdal finds a credit crisis snapshot in St. Louis, where developers worry about getting loans for their projects and a restaurant owner hears customers stories of lost jobs and homes.

SEC Chairman Christopher Cox has repeatedly sought to plug up "the regulatory black hole" of credit-default swaps, a big issue in the credit crisis.

Nancy Marshall Genzer explains.