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    SEC finds shortcomings in credit raters (Reuters)
    Reuters - Credit rating agencies did not properly manage their conflicts of interests when assigning ratings to structured products such as mortgage-backed securities, a report by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:30:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    SEC finds credit raters had conflicts of interest (AP)
    AP - The three main credit-rating agencies failed to rein in conflicts of interest in giving high ratings to risky securities backed by subprime mortgages, federal regulators said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:34:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Wall St. flat as oil drops as GE gains (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 8, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks were little changed in a seesaw session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices calmed inflation concerns and rekindled optimism about corporate profits but sent energy shares lower.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:26:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks rise modestly on oil decline, Bernanke talk (AP)

    Elizabeth Millea of Bear Wagner Specialists looks at an overhead monitor from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in New York. Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday, with investors still jittery about the nation's ailing financial system but relieved to hear Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke say the central bank might extend its lending efforts to investment banks. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Wall Street struggled to notch a gain Tuesday amid sinking oil prices, with investors still jittery about the ailing financial system and weak economy ahead of second-quarter earnings.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Fed and SEC reach agreement to share bank information (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Federal Reserve and securities regulators on Monday formalized a deal to share information about banks, in a move expected to strengthen oversight of the financial markets rocked by the housing crisis. -- read full article
    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:39:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Toronto stocks knocked down by oil (Reuters)

    A general view of the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) Broadcast Centre in Toronto June 20, 2008. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index fell more than 2 percent on Monday, putting it on the cusp of a correction, as it was dragged down by weak resources and gloom over the outlook for economic growth.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:35:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Financial worries weigh on Wall Street (Reuters)

    (R-L) John Casey, Francis Mastroianni, and Anthony Fazio work in the Rice Pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, April 24, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday on concerns that the top two mortgage providers would have to raise even more capital, severely devaluing existing shareholders' stakes, while big energy companies fell along with oil prices.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:35:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks fall on worries about financial sector (AP)

    (R-L) John Casey, Francis Mastroianni, and Anthony Fazio work in the Rice Pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, April 24, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)AP - Wall Street lost more ground in extremely volatile trading Monday, as investors recoiled at a cautious economic outlook from a Federal Reserve official and the possibility of more financial troubles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:39:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    U.S. Funds Lose Early Q2 Gains During May And June Sell-Off (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Domestic stock funds endured a month of extreme highs and lows in June, which left most categories down for the month, quarter and first half of 2008. -- read full article
    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:12:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Economy - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - The Federal Reserve and the SEC formally agreed to share information about commercial and investment banks. Regulators want to beef up oversight of Wall St. firms, especially now that the Fed has started letting brokerages borrow directly from the central bank since Bear Stearns' mid-March near-collapse. The Fed has oversight of bank and financial holding companies, while the SEC regulates securities firms, including brokerage giants Goldman Sachs , Lehman Bros. , Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley . -- read full article
    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:55:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    SEC should investigate Bear collapse: JP Morgan CEO (Reuters)

    People walk past the Bear Stearns building after JPMorgan Chase  and  Co in New York March 17, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - JP Morgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said U.S. regulators should investigate whether people betting on Bear Stearns' stock falling deliberately brought down the investment bank.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:14:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    European shares move higher after Asian gains (AFP)

    A trader gestures in front of a share index board at the Frankfurt stock exchange, 2007. European equities were chasing Asian markets higher, with oil-exposed stocks boosted by easing crude prices, as investors awaited Wall Street's reopening after a long US holiday weekend.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)AFP - European equities chased Asian markets higher on Monday, with oil-exposed stocks boosted by easing crude prices, as investors awaited Wall Street's reopening after a long US holiday weekend.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:28:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Toronto stocks rise despite weak oil (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index opened slightly higher on Monday, despite weakness in energy and materials issues amid a retreat in oil and gold prices following a holiday-shortened week on both sides of the border. -- read full article
    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:13:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Fed, SEC team up to prevent financial risks (AP)
    AP - Financial regulators on Monday announced an information-sharing agreement aimed at better detecting potential risks to the U.S. financial system. -- read full article
    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:12:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    US central bank, SEC deepen bank policing ties (AFP)

    This photo shows the US Federal Reserve Building in Washington, DC. The US Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that they had agreed to deepen ties to better monitor cash-strapped banks which are reeling from a credit crunch.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - The US Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that they had agreed to deepen ties to better monitor cash-strapped banks which are reeling from a credit crunch.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:15:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
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