Reuters - (REUTERS) U.S. index futures point to a weak start on Wall Street. Futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq are down 0.3 percent.

AFP - Leading shares closed higher for the third successive day Monday, with Bank of America's results helping Wall Street remain in positive territory, as well as boosting the UK banking sector.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets fell on Monday when the financial services sector was dampened by news of a disappointing rights issue from British home loan provider HBOS, dealers said.

Reuters - Emergency action by regulators to rein in abusive short-selling in some large financial firms should be expanded to include the stocks of all public companies, a former top markets watchdog said on Monday.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose more than 200 points late on Monday morning before pulling back a little, boosted by a takeover offer for TransAlta Corp and better-than-expected results from Bank of America, which encouraged Canadian bank stocks.

AP - Wall Street fluctuated Monday as investors watched the price of oil regain ground and decided to cash in some of their gains from the market's big rally last week.

Reuters - Stocks were little changed on Monday as a slide in pharmaceutical shares offset gains by financial shares after Bank of America became the latest big U.S. bank to beat profit expectations.

AP - Wall Street surged higher last week, but that's cold comfort to people whose stock portfolios are still down more than 10 percent this year.

AFP - A newly revived Wall Street faces a fresh test of momentum in the coming week with a wave of corporate results that may indicate whether the latest rebound is for real.

Reuters - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion.

Reuters - Technology stocks fell on Friday and drove the Nasdaq down 1 percent on disappointing earnings from Google and Microsoft, while Citigroup's smaller-than-expected loss pushed up the Dow and helped keep the broader market near the unchanged mark.

AP - Wall Street closed out an impressive week with a mixed performance Friday after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors' enthusiasm over better-than-expected bank earnings reports. But the major indexes still ended the week with big gains, the result of rising optimism about the troubled financial sector.