financial crisis

Fred Goodwin led the Royal Bank of Scotland when it nearly collapsed during the financial crisis in 2008. The queen has now taken away his title of knight, leaving him in some less-than-honorable company.

Funds pledged by the foundation will be used over the next three years to help ease the adverse effects of the deepening socioeconomic crisis in debt-plagued Greece....

General Motors has reclaimed the title of world's top-selling automaker, the first time GM has held the top spot since it was bailed out by the U.S. government after the financial crisis.

Three years after a financial crisis pushed the country deep into recession, an overwhelming number of Americans -- 90% -- say that economic conditions remain poor.

The bank, still digging itself out of the financial crisis, plans to cut thousands of workers as it struggles to regain investor confidence.

The list of banks at risk of failing shrank in the second quarter -- the first time that has happened since before the financial crisis, according to a government report issued Tuesday.

Curtis Hanson, director of HBO's "Too Big To Fail" discusses why he decided to make a suspense film about the financial crisis based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's book.

Financial advisers often recommend you keep 5% to 10% of your portfolio in gold in case of financial crisis: spiraling inflation, for example.

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The financial crisis, which wreaked havoc on the economy and sparked a painful recession, could have been avoided, according to a federal commission.

The latest European country in financial crisis -- after instances in Greece, Portugal and Spain -- is Ireland.

Many are urging the Irish to take an EU bailout in order to save the Eurozone bond market and possibly even the Euro, but the country isn't giving in just yet.