The most serious financial crisis in decades has caused business executives and government officials around the world to rein in expectations for short- and long-term growth and warn that business volatility will be around for some time. Read more »

As BusinessWeek went to press on Oct. 1, the U.S. Senate was scheduled to vote on a new version of the financial bailout plan. Read more »

Britain pledged hundreds of billions of pounds to rescue its banking system on Wednesday and joined other major economies in cutting interest rates to tackle the global financial crisis. Read more »

Retirees like the Abels around the United States face the same dilemma: How much can they afford to lose in a down market and how long can they wait to recoup their losses? Read more »

U.S. stocks fell Monday, with the Dow diving more than 500 points to below 10,000 for the first time in four years, as investors feared the widening fallout from the credit crisis would drag the economy into recession. Read more »

Wall Street ended its worst week in seven years with another tumble Friday on fears a $700 billion financial sector rescue plan won't unlock credit markets or stave off a U.S. recession. Read more »

The Freedom Tower, centerpiece of the plan to rebuild Manhattan's World Trade Center, will not be completed until 2013, well past the original target date of 2009, the landowning agency for the site said Thursday. Read more »

U.S. stocks ended lower Wednesday as strained credit markets and data showing labor market weakness and contraction in U.S. manufacturing heightened worries about the economy's health. Read more »

Wall Street roared back Tuesday, a day after its worst sell-off in 21 years as investors bet Washington would revive a plan to stabilize the U.S. financial sector following its surprising defeat on Monday on Capitol Hill. Read more »

A deal on the proposed $700 billion financial rescue package could lend Wall Street stocks some support this week, but any gains may be fleeting as investors turn their attention back to the struggling U.S. economy. Read more »