Alles über Wirtschaft

It's time to start paying attention to the financial sinkhole that Iceland is trying to climb out of -- the view from inside of it is eerily similar to our own.

Oil prices fell Wednesday, after a closely watched report showed a smaller than expected increase in oil supplies and a dip in gasoline inventory.

The dollar was mixed against major currencies Wednesday, rising against the yen and pound but giving up gains versus the euro.

In the middle of the 2001 debt crisis, Argentines stormed their nation's banks to get their money out. To stop the stampede, the government imposed controls that allowed them to take out only $250 at a time and limited withdrawals for overseas trips to $1,000.

What economic crisis? After a blip last winter, China is growing at more than 8% a year, and the scale and speed at which the country is building a modern infrastructure are mind-boggling.