Reuters - Buyers showed no hesitation in bidding on Freddie Mac's $3 billion debt sale on Monday, just hours after the U.S. government pledged support for the nation's top mortgage finance agencies, but the steps failed to stem growing alarm on Wall Street.

Reuters - Discussion of persistent financial market turmoil is seen as likely to overshadow the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy outlook when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before Congress on Tuesday.

Reuters - Midwest Airlines, a unit of Midwest Air Group, on Monday said it would cut its work force by 1,200 employees, or 40 percent, making it the latest airline to reduce staffing amid soaring fuel prices.

Reuters - Waste Management Inc on Monday offered to buy Republic Services Inc for about $6.19 billion, potentially derailing the smaller competitor's deal to acquire Allied Waste Industries Inc .

Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Monday as concerns about the credit crisis and financial companies outweighed earlier optimism over the government's proposed rescue plan for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

Reuters - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc accepted a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Belgium-based InBev NV NV , creating the world's largest beer maker and placing an iconic U.S. company into foreign hands.

Reuters - Buyers flocked to Freddie Mac's $3 billion debt sale on Monday, just hours after the U.S. government pledged support for the nation's top mortgage finance agencies, but the steps failed to stem growing alarm on Wall Street.

Reuters - U.S. retail sales excluding cars jumped in June and posted their biggest one-month rise in seven months, as consumers spent some of their government rebate checks, a private report released on Monday showed.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's joint proposal for Yahoo Inc , which was rejected on Saturday, included $2.3 billion in guaranteed annual revenue from search advertising for five years, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

Reuters - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc accepted a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Belgium-based InBev NV to create the world's largest beer maker.

Reuters - A U.S government plan to shore up mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped calm markets on Monday but did little to allay fears about the health of the U.S. financial system.

Reuters - The bears have Wall Street cornered and they just won't let go.