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Financial crisis. Treasury will buy stock in banks; Asia, Europe bounce back "Treasury's new point man for the bank rescue program, Neel Kashkari, gave his first address Monday morning, laying out just how the agency will carry out a $700 billion rescue plan passed by Congress last month." Europe leaders agree on bank rescue plan "European leaders agreed Sunday on a coordinated rescue plan to guarantee inter-bank lending, inject cash into the banking sector and take other measures to beat back the crisis caused by the global financial meltdown." Bold Pledges From Leaders, but Investors Await Details "After a whirl of emergency meetings, government leaders on both sides of the Atlantic made bold promises to rescue the global financial system, but were still racing to work out the details to calm battered stock markets before they opened on Monday morning." Germany and France lead