Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans.

Reuters - Asian stock markets rebounded from a five-year low on Friday as a variety of rumors such as China cutting interest rates later in the day prompted investors to cover short positions before the weekend.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor.