AP - If history is any guide, this year's Nobel economics prize will award the developers of economic theories that have had the time to take root, grow and prove resilient.

AFP - Fifteen EU countries meeting in Paris will guarantee new medium-term loans between private banks in a bid to end the credit crunch, according to a draft statement seen by AFP on Sunday.

AP - Nations in Europe's single-currency zone agreed Sunday to temporarily guarantee bank refinancing and pledged to prevent banks failing as part of a raft of emergency measures designed to get credit flowing again.

AFP - European leaders agreed a plan that would inject billions of dollars into troubled banks in an attempt to restore confidence in the financial system, leading to a cautious rebound in Asian markets Monday.

AP - Three of the largest British banks said Monday they plan to take up to $63 billion of government money to boost their balance sheets.

AP - Davey McKeever was down to his last bet slip of the night, crumpled in a sweaty fist, at the Shelbourne Park greyhound track. The remnants of McKeever's first unemployment check would rise or fall on the ironically named Nest Egg.

AP - Davey McKeever was down to his last bet slip of the night, crumpled in a sweaty fist, at the Shelbourne Park greyhound track. The remnants of McKeever's first unemployment check would rise or fall on the ironically named Nest Egg.

AP - Europe's stock markets plunged Friday after Wall Street opened a breathtaking 7 percent lower — below the 8,000 level — but they soon recouped some of those losses when the Dow Jones index made a partial comeback.

AP - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to $100 million a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters.

AFP - The FTSE 100 index of leading shares plunged by almost nine percent on Friday after fresh falls on Wall Street, as investors continued to fret over the worldwide financial crisis.

AFP - US and European stock markets slid Thursday as jitters mounted over the widening global financial crisis despite drastic actions by authorities to contain the turmoil.