AFP - The FTSE rose 0.18 percent in initial trade on Monday, as investors responded to a massive US rescue plan for the distressed financial sector.

AFP - The recent economic downturn could push the European Union to adopt more modest ambitions in its fight against climate change.

AFP - Global stocks took another frantic ride Thursday with nervous New York traders mounting a strong late-day rally on hopes of new US program to salvage the troubled financial system.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets soared early on Friday in the wake of massive gains across Asia and on Wall Street overnight as world governments took action to tackle the global financial crisis.

AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares surged by 4.43 percent to 5,096.40 points soon after the start of trading Friday in the wake of massive gains across Asia and on Wall Street overnight.

AP - World stock markets swooned again Tuesday as global financial crisis make investors worry that asset prices had yet to hit rock bottom.

AFP - European equities edged higher Thursday after British bank Lloyds TSB agreed a takeover deal for rival HBOS, and as investors grappled with a major central bank plan to boost liquidity.

AP - The world's major central banks banded together on Thursday to inject as much as $180 billion into money markets in a bid to stave off the growing global financial crisis.

AP - European stocks halted three days of losses in early afternoon trading Thursday, rising slightly after a concerted effort by central banks to pump billions more U.S. dollars into troubled money markets and limit the global financial crisis. Asian markets fell.

AP - The world's major central banks banded together on Thursday to inject as much as $180 billion into money markets in a bid to stave off the growing global financial crisis.

AFP - A rally on global stock markets fizzled out tamely Thursday as nervous investors took quick profits on gains made after unprecedented joint central bank action to ease the global credit crunch.