Reuters - Stocks fell sharply on Friday, as concerns about the impact of record oil prices on the economy and fears of more credit losses in the bank sector rattled investors.

AP - Wall Street pared its losses late Friday as the approaching end of the quarter had investors picking up stocks to close out their portfolios — the practice widely known as window dressing.

AP - A barrage of bad news including yet another record high for oil drove stocks sharply lower Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 360 points to their lowest level in almost two years.

Reuters - Stocks plunged on Thursday, with the Dow sliding about 360 points to a 21-month low as oil hit a record and Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs urged investors to sell bank and automaker shares, escalating concern about the outlook for profits.

AP - Asian stock markets tumbled Friday after Wall Street plunged overnight and crude oil spiked above $140 a barrel for the first time, reigniting fears of a global economic slowdown.

Reuters - Oil leapt to a new record high near $142 a barrel on Friday, extending gains after surging nearly 4 percent in the previous session, as tumbling global stock markets triggered a wider commodities rally.

AP - Japanese stocks edged down Thursday, extending losses for a sixth day as investors traded with caution following the Federal Reserve's mixed assessment of the U.S. economy.

AFP - Europe's major share indices were down by more than one percent at the half-way stage on Thursday, driven lower by prospects of rising interest rates in the eurozone and Britain, analysts said.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Nasdaq fell more than 3 percent on Thursday as investors dumped technology shares after weak profit outlooks from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and software maker Oracle Corp .

AP - Stocks plunged Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 300 points and dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index finished slightly higher on Wednesday as optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve would hold off on raising interest rates offset a drop in resource issues.