"This crisis began in the advanced economies. This is the consequence of the blind belief in the ability of self-regulation of the markets, and to a large degree, the lack of control over financial players." - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
"While we must recognize that we only have one president at a time and that President Bush is the leader of our government, I want to ensure that we hit the ground running on January 20th because we don't have a moment to lose." - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
"Our country faces economic challenges that will not pause to let a new president settle in." - U.S. President George W. Bush.
"We believe there is a great deal of common ground among our approaches to address the turmoil in the financial markets, and President Bush looks forward to discussing how to best advance reforms to global financial markets with a wide range of leaders." - White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.
"There are world organizations for trade, health, the environment, telecoms, food. There are two black holes in world governance: finance, with its bursting bubbles, and migration." - WTO head Pascal Lamy.

Monday, Nov 10
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Mrs. Bush meet with President-elect Barack Obama and incoming first lady Michelle Obama.
Thursday, Nov 13
WASHINGTON - The Labor Department issues weekly jobless claims at 1330 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Freddie Mac issues weekly U.S. mortgage rates after 1500 GMT.

(Compiled by World Desk, Americas, +1 202 898 8457) Keywords: FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT/ 1905 GMT

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