An International Monetary Fund delegation opened talks with Serbia Tuesday to review whether the crisis-stricken country is adhering to the terms of a euro2.9 billion ($3.97 billion) standby loan. Serbia has already drawn euro1.12 billion from the loan that was agreed last March. The withdrawal of the rest ...

A meeting of finance officials from the Group of Seven leading industrialized countries in this tiny Arctic outpost certainly lived up to host Canada's billing as a gathering with a difference. Ditching suits and ties, finance ministers and banking officials grinned in delight as they ...

A look at the latest developments from Haiti on Saturday, 25 days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince: AMERICANS DETAINED Ten Americans facing child kidnapping charges remained jailed in Port-au-Prince. Their Haitian lawyer says the court has scheduled three days of hearings for them next week, with ...

Regulators have shut down a small bank in Minnesota, bringing to 16 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far in 2010 following the 140 brought down last year by rising loan defaults and the recession. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday ...