Reuters - Stocks fell on Wednesday, as persistent concerns about the credit crisis hurt bank shares while a rebound in oil prices and weak outlooks at some retailers raised anxieties about consumer spending.

Reuters - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicts U.S. house prices will begin to stabilize in the first half of next year, even as he faulted the government's rescue of mortgage market giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Reuters - U.S. stocks slid on Wednesday as financial shares sold off for a second straight day on fresh concerns about the widening impact of the mortgage crisis on the U.S. economy's outlook.

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, as bank shares tumbled on fresh worries about the economy and further losses stemming from the mortgage crisis.

Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co said it has racked up $1.5 billion of losses so far this quarter on mortgage-linked assets, reflecting deepening turmoil in credit markets.

AP - A government order expires Tuesday that temporarily banned a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.

AP - UBS AG, one of the hardest-hit banks in the subprime mortgage crisis, announced Tuesday that it is reorganizing into three distinct businesses after reporting a large quarterly loss and taking another $5.1 billion hit in writedowns.

AP - JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares tumbled nearly 10 percent Tuesday as the bank's disclosure about escalating losses in its mortgage portfolio set off new concerns about the health of the overall financial sector. An analyst's lowering of the bank's earnings estimates and price target contributed to the decline.

Reuters - Renewed credit concerns knocked down shares of the major U.S. banks on Tuesday, driving the Dow and S&P 500 lower, and offsetting a decline of $1 in the price of the barrel of U.S. crude oil.