AP - Stocks gave up their biggest gains but still mostly advanced Wednesday after an upbeat employment report from payroll company ADP made investors cautiously optimistic about the government's upcoming July employment report. A downturn in some financial stocks and a jump in oil prices shaved the market's gains.

Reuters - Stocks cut gains while the Nasdaq slipped into negative territory on Wednesday as oil prices rose sharply, offsetting positive jobs data and efforts by U.S. officials to boost liquidity in turbulent financial markets.

Reuters - Stocks rebounded on Tuesday, rising more than 2 percent on another sharp slide in oil prices and after Merrill Lynch's latest write-down and share sale hinted at a possible turning point in the credit crisis.

AP - Wall Street shot higher Tuesday, gaining back the previous session's sharp losses and then some, after a drop in oil prices and a rise in consumer confidence gave investors some hope for a letup in Americans' financial woes. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 266 points.

AFP - Japan's economy looks set to endure a "modest" slowdown as economic problems hamper the United States and as global stock markets continue to be plagued by turmoil, an IMF report warned Tuesday.

Reuters - U.S. securities regulators have extended through August 12 an emergency rule aimed at curbing abusive short selling in the stocks of 19 major financial firms, including mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae .

AP - Federal regulators on Tuesday extended through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets fell on Tuesday, hit by losses to banking shares after overnight declines on Wall Street.

AFP - Blue chips closed firmer on Tuesday, amid gains on Wall Street as the price of crude fell, and as UK banks clawed back some of their earlier losses.

AP - European and Asian markets fell Tuesday on Wall Street's weakness, with anxiety over U.S. housing and financial sectors deepening after investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. announced a $5.7 billion loss from bad debt. A disappointing Toyota Motor Corp. forecast also weighed on Japanese shares.

Reuters - Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday as a drop of over $3 in the price of oil and data showing a rise in consumer confidence reduced worry about inflation and consumer spending.

AP - Stocks rebounded Tuesday after the previous session's steep tumble, as a drop in oil prices and a rise in consumer confidence gave investors hope for a possible letup in Americans' financial woes. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 190 points.

AP - Japanese stocks ended slightly higher Monday as investors were cautious ahead of earnings and financial data due out later in the week.

AP - Private equity powerhouse Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. said Monday a plan to go public through a takeover of its Amsterdam-listed investment fund gives it access to new markets to make acquisitions and provides the European shareholders better value.