What a difference a year makes. Last year, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference kicked off in Toronto on a very high note, as record-high metal prices prompted analysts and other commentators... [full story]

Insurance giant American International Group reported a stunning $62 billion quarterly loss on Monday, while government officials unveiled their latest efforts to prevent the collapse of the firm. Overwhelmed by ongoing... [full story]

President Barack Obama showed a great deal of gumption in standing before Congress last night delivering his first speech to the joint assembly. All the trappings of power were on display as members of the House and Senate,... [full story]

Edelman public relations has prospered for 60 years by coaching titans of industry and government on how to remain steadfastly on-message in the face of crises. That strongman tactic is a hard sell at a time when trust in... [full story]

Wall Street headed for another big drop Monday, one that could hurl the Dow Jones industrials below 7,000, after American International Group Inc. posted the largest quarterly loss in U.S. corporate history. The government... [full story]

Options investors are paying twice this decade’s average to protect against losses in U.S. stocks through 2011, signaling the bear market that already wiped out $10.4 trillion of equity value may last two more years. “There’s... [full story]

Canada's central bank looks set to deliver a hefty half-point interest rate cut on Tuesday that should boost the country's dollar and bonds, but it may also signal its aggressive 15-month rate-cutting campaign is near an... [full story]

The Bank of England is set this week to begin “printing money” in a ground-breaking move that will mark its most forceful action yet to curb the slump in the economy. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee... [full story]

The race for the door at hedge funds isn't letting up. With financial markets in disarray and the alleged fraud by money manager Bernard Madoff casting a pall on the industry, investors have been demanding their money back... [full story]

Fasten your seat belts. The week ahead could be critical as the stock market sits on the precipice of nearly 12-year lows. All the pressure points are in play, with reports or Congressional hearings due on housing, consumer... [full story]