Reuters - Apple Inc shares tumbled 16 percent on Monday, their biggest drop in seven years, amid concerns the maker of Mac computers and other consumer electronics will suffer as the economy slows.

Reuters - Shares of regional banks sank on Monday, with National City Corp down 45 percent, as the sector suffered what analysts called a deepening crisis of confidence.

Reuters - Facing his worst-ever slide due to catastrophic bets on financials, Legg Mason Inc fund manager Bill Miller is toning down his characteristic bold investment style in an attempt to recapture his past glory.

Reuters - Stocks plunged on Monday as the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion financial sector bailout plan, renewing fear about frozen world credit markets and the global economy's health.

AP - Financial markets remained on edge Friday after the Bush administration's proposal for a $700 billion banking bailout ran into opposition from Republican lawmakers. Stocks ended mixed, with big financial companies lifting the Dow Jones industrials more than 120 points, but worries about smaller banks and parts of the technology sector taking much of the market lower.

Reuters - The U.S. dollar rose against the euro on Monday as a banking crisis worsened in Europe, while Asian stocks fell 2 percent on questions on the effectiveness of a U.S. government plan to save the financial system from ruin.

Reuters - Private equity firms Bain Capital LLC and Hellman & Friedman LLC were closer to a deal on Sunday night to buy Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's prized Neuberger Berman unit, two sources familiar with the situation said.

Reuters - U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on Monday on a $700 billion fund to buy toxic debt as the global financial crisis produced Europe's biggest bank rescue to date.

Reuters - Fortis faced a takeover, break-up or nationalization as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet held emergency talks on Sunday with Dutch and Belgian ministers to restore faith in the Belgian-Dutch financial group.

AFP - The US Senate Saturday approved 25 billion dollars in loan guarantees for the financially strapped US auto industry, intended to spark a wave of automotive innovation.

Reuters - Fortis faced a takeover or break-up as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet held emergency talks with Dutch and Belgian lawmakers to restore faith in the Belgian-Dutch financial group.

Reuters - Britain's government will nationalize troubled mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley and is discussing the sale of its savings book and branches, people in the banking industry familiar with the matter said.