Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index shed nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by skidding resource issues amid investor concerns over the long-term prospects for oil demand.

AP - Wall Street ended an erratic session moderately lower Tuesday as concerns grew about the impact of high fuel costs on consumers and corporate profits. Treasury prices rose on the economic uncertainty.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets slid on Tuesday as oil prices shot higher toward record highs.

AFP - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to propose rules that may diminish the traditional weight credit ratings carry in many markets, The Wall Street Journal reported online Tuesday.

AFP - US shares stumbled Tuesday as a bleak outlook from delivery giant UPS and news that home prices are still falling darkened the mood as traders girded for a Federal Reserve meeting.

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.