AFP - Shares in London slid at the start of trading on Tuesday ahead of official data expected to confirm the economy has finally pulled out of its longest recession on record.
AP - World stock markets slid Tuesday as China's lending curbs and slower growth in South Korea added to worries the global recovery will sputter once stimulus spending fades.
Reuters - Standard & Poor's cut its rating outlook on Japan on Tuesday and China implemented a clampdown on lending, hitting investor confidence about global economic recovery.
AFP - European stock markets mostly rose on Monday, helped by rebounding financial shares after recent sharp losses caused by unease at US President Barack Obama's pledge to come down hard on banks.
AP - European stock markets extended losses Monday as a Wall Street rally ground to a halt following particularly bad U.S. housing data and ongoing concerns about President Barack Obama's plan to curb banks' risk-taking.
AP - Stocks are recovering Monday from last week's bruising as prospects brightened that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke would be appointed to another term.
Reuters - U.S. stocks moved higher on Monday as signs that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke would win a U.S. Senate vote for a second term helped lift shares beaten down in last week's sell-off, such as technology stocks.
Reuters - World stocks added to the previous week's fall on Monday, weighed down by Wall Street losses, uncertainty over U.S. bank plans and concern that Greece's debt crisis could spread.
Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a rebound on Wall Street on Monday following last week's sharp sell-off, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.82 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.74 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.51 percent at 4:15 a.m. EST.
