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Concerns about the impact of the credit crisis and the weak economy will come into sharp focus next week, with investors set for a flood of earnings from ailing financials as well as the technology sector.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial leaders on Saturday urged the International Monetary Fund to sharpen its oversight of the global economy, which is burdened by surging food prices and a credit crisis that shows no end in sight.

Financial leaders on Saturday urged the International Monetary Fund to sharpen its oversight of the global economy, which is burdened by surging food prices and a credit crisis that shows no end in sight.

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Wall stREET JOURNALThe credit crunch has made it harder for Americans to indulge...

With average credit card debt and non-mortgage debt on the rise in the UK, it is more important than ever for Brits to consider the benefits of short-term loan protection. Loan cover is one of a few types of short-term insurance protection that falls under the umbrella of payment protection insurance (PPI). It helps injured, ill, or forcefully unemployed people meet their monthly debt obligations in lieu of an income.

Finance chiefs from rich nations offered a gloomier assessment of the global economy on Friday and vowed to act swiftly on wide-ranging reforms aimed at moving beyond a credit crisis that threatens world growth.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- General Electric Co. CEO Jeff Immelt was expected to tell the world Friday how the conglomerate's global strategy had paid off and allowed it to ride out the credit crisis....

Sharply disappointing results at a company widely viewed as a bellwether underscore the damage done by the credit crisis throughout the economy.

The nonprofit organization Homes for Our Troops is constructing the home in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention Committee and the credit Union associations of Colorado and Wyoming for the Iraq war veteran who lost both his legs during his second tour. ...