Also this week, the House of Representatives passed a major bill to rewrite financial rules and add consumer protections.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Major measures of United States markets have closed with their biggest one-day losses since the financial crisis of two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

Major banks have been doing well since the worst of the financial crisis shook Wall Street more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Leaders of the major developed and developing economies discussed ways to fix the world financial system.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

On Wednesday, President Obama proposed major changes to rebuild government supervision of the financial industry.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Kobe received good grades as a student and received many financial offers from major universities.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

Rallies were vigorous in major European financial capitals, following sharp gains in Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Analysts say the resulting probe into Goldman Sachs investment practices could help President Barack Obama, who delivers a major speech Thursday on why financial reform is needed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Bernanke's testimony comes as lawmakers attempt a major overhaul of financial regulations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Treasury Secretary Geithner says a jobs bill is vital, as is an overhaul of America's financial regulations to limit risk-taking by the nation's banks and major private financial institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Earlier this week, Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also discussed with Congress another step which would enable the government to take control of major non-bank financial institutions threatened with collapse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

With the world's major economies forecast to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two, Britain's Financial Times newspaper reports the G20 participants will likely resolve to strive for economic growth in 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Financial reform, with the unemployment extension and another measure to provide small business tax benefits, are the three major legislative objectives the president and Democratic leaders agreed to focus on before the long summer recess.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19