LONDON - Thanks to a weak dollar, Americans have grown used to seeing Europeans on shopping sprees in the States, grabbing up cheap Levis, cheap iPods, and enough cheap luggage to carry it all home in.   Full Story

It may be the only test you flunk if you score too high: It's called the "Fico test" and it is a key element of the sometimes arcane new guidelines governing which homeowners qualify for "fast track" interest-rate freezes on their subprime mortgages, and those who don't.   Full Story

WASHINGTON - The thousands of Americans facing foreclosure because of the ballooning interest rates on their subprime mortgages would get help from the federal government under legislation overwhelmingly approved by senators Friday.   Full Story