Here is the first one. Paulson appears on Face The Nation and says "Our banking system is a safe and a sound one." If the banking system was safe and sound, everyone would know it (or at least think it). There would be no need to say it.

The F.B.I is hunting searching for a woman who is thought to be behind Tuesday’s robbery at Compass Bank on Center Point Parkway around lunch Tuesday. Investigators handling the case also revealed that Banks in Birmingham, Albertville and Madison were also targeted with robbery.

A new study conducted by Paul Dholakia at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Management shows that online peer-to-peer lending Web sites may be more attractive to Americans than traditional financial institutions.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says U.S. financial regulations need modernization to match the growing size and complexity of financial institutions.

Britain's Treasury Secretary has announced the temporary nationalization of the British mortgage-lending bank Northern Rock. Six month ago, the financial institution found itself caught up in the U.S. sub-prime meltdown and a run on the bank ensued. The government then stepped in to calm fears and to find potential private sector buyers. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London has the latest developments.

European leaders meet in London later Tuesday to consider ways of dealing with the current international economic slowdown, including ways to prevent future turmoil.