AFP - The collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the United States and the subsequent global financial crisis has provoked the sharpest fall on world stock markets since the end of the Internet bubble in 2001-2002.

Reuters - Stocks soared on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve signaled that it is in no rush to raise interest rates and oil prices tumbled further, spurring the Dow and the S&P to their best day in four months.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets rebounded strongly on Tuesday as inflationary concerns eased with tumbling oil prices and the banking sector rose amid bumper profits at Standard Chartered, traders said.

Reuters - Stocks extended gains on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve held a key interest rate steady in an effort to nurse the economy back to health without further exacerbating inflation.

AP - An already rallying Wall Street moved higher Tuesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and assuaged some of the market's fears about the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average was up more than 280 points.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday as shares of energy and commodity-related companies tumbled on falling oil and metals prices and investors worried the housing slump could fuel further losses at financial companies.

AP - Wall Street fell Monday in an erratic session dominated by worries about inflation — which were somewhat soothed by a plunge in oil prices that took crude to its lowest level in three months.

Reuters - A U.S. overhaul of insider trading investigations is due to be agreed as early as this week as regulators address growing concerns about illegal activity on global markets, the Financial Times reported Sunday, citing people involved in the talks.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets slid on Monday when investor sentiment was sapped by news of a 29-percent slump in first-half profits by global banking giant HSBC, analysts said.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday as investors feared the financial sector could face further losses from the housing slump, compounding the troubles facing the economy.

AP - Stocks pulled off their lows Monday after a big drop in oil prices offset some of investors' concerns about a government report on inflation.

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Friday as a $15.5 billion quarterly loss from General Motors and a rise in oil prices added to fears the economy could slip into recession and concerns about corporate earnings.