Reuters - Stocks edged higher on Tuesday as investors looked for bargains among beaten-down financial shares and the price of oil slipped, offsetting a profit warning from United Parcel Service

AP - Wall Street rebounded in erratic trading Tuesday, with investors seeking bargains among financial stocks even as concerns grew about the impact of high fuel costs on consumers and corporate profits.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index kicked off the week by surging higher on Monday, buoyed by firm oil prices and a jump by BCE Inc after Canada's top court backed the buyout of the telecom company.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow and the S&P 500 ended effectively unchanged on Monday in thin trade as renewed concerns about the outlook for financial shares offset gains in energy stocks and news of a $4.4 billion takeover in the agricultural sector.

AP - Stocks stalled Monday, ending mostly lower after rising oil prices and ongoing worries about the financial sector gave investors little reason to buy a day ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting.

Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is planning rules to make it possible for U.S. money-market funds to invest in short-term debt without regards to ratings put on those securities by firms such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing people familiar with the matter.

AFP - Transatlantic financial market operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday that it had agreed to buy 25 percent of the Doha stock exchange for 250 million dollars (161 million euros).

AFP - China's securities regulator has said it will do whatever is necessary to ensure the country's stock market stability and healthy development after recent jitters.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets gained on Monday amid rising oil prices and a falling euro, and talk of a possible deal between banks in Britain and Germany.

AFP - US stocks rebounded Monday following heavy losses at the end of last week as investors girded for a interest rate policy meeting of the Federal Reserve amid troubled economic times.