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Financial crisis to be top agenda item at APEC (AP via Yahoo! News)
President George W. Bush doesn't see his final Asia-Pacific summit this week as a farewell but rather a chance to enlist more nations in the battle against a financial crisis that threatens to pull the world economy into a severe economic recession.

Beware of free financial advice (CNN Money)
Question: My wife and I are looking into getting some financial advice. Our bank says they offer free services through their financial adviser. This worries my wife because she thinks that the adviser will push the bank's agenda. Is it safer to go with an individual adviser, or is going with one with a bank just as easy? The Mole's Answer: I'm going to go with your wife on this one. But this ...

Financial ETFs Routed Amid Citigroup Plunge (Fox News)
Financial ETFs Routed Amid Citigroup Plunge

Russia investigates financial crisis reporting: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Prosecutors are launching inquiries across Russia against media reporting on the financial crisis in a bid to stem growing concern about its impact, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Federal pilot program aimed at financial literacy (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched a program in St. Louis and seven other regions of the country to better connect people who don't bank much with financial services.

MIT Cuts Spending, Bracing for `Protracted' Financial Crisis (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said it will cut spending as much as 15 percent over the next three years as it plans for ``a protracted period of financial constraint.''

Financial Stocks: Insurers slump on concern about commercial mortgage exposure (Market Watch)
Shares of some of the nation's top life insurers slump, including a 29% drop in Hartford Financial stock, on concerns about their exposure to commercial mortgage-backed securities. Citigroup shares tumble 23%, their biggest percentage drop ever.

German Financial Heartland Calls New Election to Break Deadlock (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- State lawmakers in Hesse , Germany's financial heartland, voted to dissolve the regional assembly and hold new elections in a bid to break a political deadlock that has frozen decision-making for almost a year.

Brazilian Homeless Occupy Stores in Protest of Financial Crisis (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of homeless people across Brazil peacefully occupied supermarkets owned by Carrefour SA and other retailers to protest what they called the government's failure to protect the poor from the global financial crisis.

Japan's `Ivy League' Schools Latest Victims of Financial Rout (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's top universities are falling victim to the global financial crisis that has caused $964.6 billion in writedowns and losses at financial institutions.

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