Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson decided to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after a review found the beleaguered mortgage-finance companies used accounting methods that inflated their capital, according to people with kno

U.S. stocks spring back to life, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its largest daily jump ever, with shares of General Motors buoyed by merger talk amid a widespread global rally after government actions to heal the financial system.

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Woori Finance Holdings Co. led declines in South Korean bank stocks after the financial regulator rejected speculation the government would set up a fund to help lenders raise capital.

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Foreign investors sold a net 233.9 billion yen ($2.1 billion) of Japanese stocks last week, a seventh straight week of net sales, capital flows data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday.

June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks declined the most in three months, extending a global rout, on concern surging inflation and credit turmoil will derail growth.