Reuters - Finance leaders from the world's rich nations struggled on Friday to agree on a unified approach to cure a credit crisis that threatens to trigger a deep global recession.

Reuters - Wall Street titans buckled under the weight of a global stock market panic on Friday as the finance chiefs of the world's major economies gathered in Washington to confront the inescapable financial crisis.

Reuters - The Dow and the S&P 500 dropped for an eighth session on Friday, as a dramatic late-day comeback stalled out to cap the worst week ever for the S&P amid more anxiety about the condition of credit markets and the threat of a global recession.

Reuters - Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (8306.T) are not in talks to renegotiate their deal for a $9 billion investment by Japan's top bank in the U.S. company, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Reuters - The shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co , Bank of America Corp and other banks rose Friday, in stark contrast with former investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Group Inc and Morgan Stanley .

Reuters - Stocks turned positive and the Dow industrials jumped more than 200 points in late afternoon trading on Friday, led by financials in a turbulent session with analysts citing bets that the finance chiefs of the world's major economies will take coordinated steps this weekend to confront the financial crisis.

Reuters - Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc shares slumped on Friday after Moody's Investors Service said it might cut their ratings, reviving worries that they might not be strong enough to survive the credit crisis.

Reuters - The George W. Bush administration may give an unlimited guarantee to bank deposits or buy a share of major banks in an effort to stabilize the battered financial sector and reeling markets.

Reuters - Oil prices dropped 10 percent on Friday and touched 13-month lows in a flight from risk amid concerns of a worldwide recession and further signs of slumping energy demand.

Reuters - Wall Street titans buckled under the weight of a global stock market panic on Friday as the finance chiefs of the world's major economies gathered in Washington to confront the inescapable financial crisis.