Reuters - Most Asian stock markets rose on Thursday after a move by central banks to boost liquidity in financial markets offset a $4 rebound in oil prices, while a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs indicator kept the dollar well bid.

Reuters - Starbucks Corp posted its first quarterly loss as a public company on Wednesday and said its U.S. coffee chain would shrink in the year ahead, but investors stunned by months of uncertainty sent shares up 4 percent as it stuck by its profit target for 2009.

AP - Federal regulators on Tuesday extended through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.

Reuters - Private employers added 9,000 jobs in July, according to a private report by ADP Employer Services released on Wednesday.

Reuters - Americans in all age and income groups have reduced credit card use and cut spending on non-essential items as oil and food prices soar, home prices sink and lenders tighten credit, a new study shows.

Reuters - Fannie Mae, the largest provider of funding for U.S. residential mortgages, on Wednesday said it grew its investment portfolio in June at the fastest annualized rate in nearly five years.

Reuters - The Nasdaq turned negative on Wednesday, while the Dow and the S&P 500 pared gains, as a rebound in oil prices and a drop in financial shares punctured Wall Street's earlier rally.

Reuters - Merrill Lynch's agreement to sell $30.6 billion of toxic securities gives away the bank's potential profits on the securities and leaves it on the hook for most of the risk, strategists at Bank of America wrote on Wednesday.

Reuters - The U.S., European, and Swiss central banks on Wednesday extended emergency lending facilities for investment banks and expanded other liquidity programs to ease credit market strains that have weighed on the global economy for nearly a year.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets fell on Tuesday, hit by losses to banking shares after overnight declines on Wall Street.

Reuters - GMAC and Ford Motor Credit disclosed steps on Tuesday to cut back on auto leases in a move that leaves automakers facing the risk of even more pressure on auto sales already at decade lows.

Reuters - MetLife Inc , the largest U.S. life insurer, said on Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell on investment losses and a decline in insurance earnings, sending its shares sliding nearly 10 percent.

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) quarterly profit rose 31.5 percent on the runaway success of its Wii game console, but the Japanese video game maker kept its annual outlook well short of market expectations.