Has U.S. policy become too European in its approach to fighting the crisis? A German economist's criticism of President Obama's European-style stimulus package has prompted a flood of letters from Spiegel Online readers. Here's a selection of the best comments.

Obama administration interacts with corporate America like no other, but it's a complicated relationship — When it comes to the economy, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett wants to remind everyone: Her boss inherited this mess. She said so numerous times during a less than 20-minute interview in the West Wing Thursday on the Obama administration's on-again, off-again relationship with ...

Kids aren't born with financial know-how, so here are ways for parents to impart some lessons In the wake of the economic recession, parents are talking about money with their children more often and earlier in life, according to a recent survey.

CLEARCREEK TWP., Warren County — Pekin Road Baptist Church and the former Ridgeville Community Church are local examples of a negative national trend in the American mortgage industry.Since December 2007, the number of foreclosure proceedings brought against churches has tripled compared with the previous seven years, according to a review of the Thomson Reuters Westlaw legal database which ...

We always have to remember that the Chinese are inscrutable. The Chinese government is very careful not to say any more than is necessary on anything. It’s also very useful to have people, supposedly close to government makes statements that may appear to be government policy.