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European Banks Get Government Bailouts

HeadlineOct 01, 2008

The crisis on Wall Street continues to have global repercussions. On Tuesday, Ireland said it would guarantee more than $500 billion in debt held by its largest financial institutions. And France and Belgium announced they would collectively inject more than $9 billion into the French-Belgian bank Dexia. More on the financial crisis after headlines.

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