AFP - European stocks were firmer on Monday but Asian markets fell as investors digested measures to bolster US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac amid a raft of major company takeover news.

AP - World markets were mixed Monday as investors took in news of U.S. government moves to prop up ailing mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Monday as concerns about the credit crisis and financial companies outweighed earlier optimism over the government's proposed rescue plan for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

AP - Stocks declined Monday as investors worried that even a safety net set up over the weekend for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac couldn't head off further troubles in the financial markets.

AP - Most Asian markets fell Monday after the U.S. government announced plans to prop up troubled mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

AP - Investors can't seem to catch a break — Wall Street again starts a week with oil prices at their highest levels yet, and banks poised to reveal that they remain on shaky footing.

Reuters - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday as fears about the stability of the top two home financing providers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, combined with oil at a record above $147 to cloud the economic outlook.

AP - Wall Street's angst over the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent end to a volatile week Friday — stocks tumbled, soared and then turned south again as investors tried to assess the dangers faced by the country's biggest mortgage financiers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets extended losses on Friday, as Paris registered a 25-percent drop since the start of 2008 and investors worried about the US financial sector, traders said.

AFP - The London stock market plunged on Friday to a low point last seen in 2005, as investors worried over record high oil prices and the US financial services sector.