business - "credit"

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia, which sits on the eastern seacoast of the country, is becoming a hot new area for international real estate investors, according to several news sources. Canada has been relatively unaffected by the credit crunch and slumping economy of the US and other nations, and this part of the country has plenty to offer visitors and property investors.

AP - rising prices, falling home values, stagnant wages and tight credit. It's a potent combination that has struck the American consumer hard.

We are coming up for the first anniversary of the credit crunch, which most people date as 9 August, the day last year when, with interbank lending freezing up, the European Central Bank started to fl...

The chairman of the Senate's investigations subcommittee said Monday he supports the Federal Reserve's proposed restrictions on credit card practices, but that the rules don't go far enough. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said in a 13-page letter to the Fed that...

Stephen Green, chairman, signals emerging markets would not be immune to a severe economic slowdown in the US

Regardless of your debt situation, losing a job will be a test. If it happens, or is about to happen, proper 'creditor management' can help.

More banks and financial institutions could end up being bailed out by governments before the credit crisis is over, Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, warns in an article in Tuesday's Financial Times

High prices, falling home values, stagnant wages and tight credit is striking consumers hard.

The biggest European bank reported net income of $7.7 billion in the first half of 2008 as loan impairment charges and other credit risk provisions increased 58 percent.

London equities retreated on Monday as bank shares fell on lingering concern about the impact of the credit crunch and miners dropped in response to lower commodity prices