AP - World stock markets jumped Wednesday, following Wall Street higher after encouraging reports about the beleaguered U.S. housing sector helped restore confidence in an economic recovery.

AFP - Strong US manufacturing figures boosted Asian stock markets Tuesday while Tokyo was pushed higher following an announcement from Toyota that the auto giant would start fixing recalled cars.

AFP - Bangladesh's stock exchange regulator sought Tuesday to rein in the country's stock market, which has soared 20 percent in the past month.

AFP - Leading shares rose on Tuesday as traders digested mixed corporate earnings and economic data, though gains were capped by a slide in BP's share price.

Reuters - Former stock trader Zvi Goffer, dubbed "Octopussy" in the sprawling Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday along with six others to securities fraud charges.

AP - World stock markets mostly rose Tuesday as positive U.S. housing data helped sustain the optimism generated the previous day by a raft of upbeat manufacturing surveys. The euro, meanwhile, rose as fears of a Greek debt default eased a bit.

AFP - London shares continued to rise Tuesday as mining stocks were bolsted by a rise in commodity prices.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after encouraging earnings reports from United Parcel Service and D.R. Horton and as a rise in pending home sales helped calm fears of weakness in the housing market.

Reuters - U.S. prosecutors apparently made the mistake of giving wiretap recordings gathered against Galleon hedge fund insider trading defendants to securities regulators, legal briefs said, potentially compounding a fight over confidential evidence central to the case.

AP - Better news from the housing industry sent stocks higher Tuesday, including an increase in the number of people with contracts to buy homes.

AP - Encouraging economic reports lifted stocks Monday and bolstered hopes that the recovery is in better shape than many had believed.