AFP - Stocks got some much-needed support Thursday from unexpectedly high earnings at US banking giant Goldman Sachs despite market jitters over China's economy and huge national debts in Europe.
AP - Financial shares pulled the stock market lower Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money.
Reuters - U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday as President Barack Obama took a tough stance on financial institutions, proposing rules to make the system safer by preventing the biggest banks from taking excessive risks.
AP - Health care stocks slipped Wednesday on anxiety over the challenges that lie ahead regardless of whether a health care overhaul materializes in Washington. -- read full article
AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: -- read full article
AFP - Another member of a group of 18 alleged Islamic extremists was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to bomb Canada's main bourse and other targets.
Reuters - The Dow suffered its worst drop of 2010 on Wednesday as U.S. stocks succumbed to fears that China's curbs on bank lending might jeopardize the global economic recovery, while IBM's outlook sparked caution about the technology sector.
Investor's Business Daily - China and mining stocks led world markets lower Wednesday on news that the world's largest country is tightening lending standards, which could slow economic recovery. -- read full article
AP - Investors' growing anxiety about China's attempts to slow its economy and disappointing earnings reports in the U.S. led to another selloff in stocks. The concern in the markets is that China's drive to clamp down on bank lending could endanger a global economic recovery. That helped send the dollar higher against other currencies and also pushed commodity prices lower, which hurt the stocks of energy and materials companies. -- read full article
AP - Interest rates fell in the bond market Wednesday as concerns grew that reduced bank lending in China would disrupt a global economic recovery. -- read full article
AP - Investors' growing anxiety about China's attempts to slow its economy and disappointing earnings reports in the U.S. led to another selloff in stocks.
Reuters - Developed and emerging equity markets diverged on Thursday with the latter falling on worries China will take more measures to temper growth after reporting its fastest quarterly growth in two years.
