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Posted AT 3:08 PM EST on 07/10/08

U.K. PM summons bank chiefs

Associated Press, Reuters

LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown summoned the head of Britain's central bank and chief financial regulator for talks Tuesday after banks' share prices plunged amid investors' worries that the government hasn't done enough to strengthen bank balance sheets.

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