Iceland votes on bank payback deal: Icelanders have headed to the polls in a referendum on repaying the equivalent of $5.3bn to the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of the collapse of Iceland's online Icesave bank.
Clashes erupt in debt-ridden Greece: Greek police and protesters have clashed in Athens as anger over government spending cuts in the debt-ridden nation continues to fester.
Regulators close banks in four states: U.S. bank regulators closed four banks in as many states on Friday, bringing the number of failures so far this year to 26 as deteriorating loans continued taking a toll on financial institutions
15,000 S.F. workers given layoff notices: Newsom ordered the layoff notices be sent to most of the city's 26,000 workers and said the overwhelming majority of them will be hired back within two weeks to work 37.5 hours a week instead of their current 40 - meaning they'll see a 6.25 percent cut to their paychecks.
Jobless rates rose in every state in ‘09: The sharpest rise occurred in Michigan, where the average jobless rate for 2009 was 13.6 percent, up 5.3 points from 2008’s average of 8.3 percent.
US students rally over budget cuts: Students have carried out rallies at dozens of universities and schools across the United States in protest against cuts to public education funding.
Wrongful foreclosure ruling in King County court: SEATTLE In one of the first home-foreclosure cases to reach a jury verdict in Washington, a judge has ordered a $230,000 settlement after a disabled senior's Whidbey Island home was wrongfully auctioned off.
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