Reuters - A banking group has renewed its plea to the Securities and Exchange Commission to broaden a rule aimed at curbing abusive short selling and market manipulation.

AP - Wall Street tumbled Thursday as further troubles in the financial sector, higher unemployment and lackluster retail sales touched off fresh concerns about the economy. The Dow Jones industrials skidded nearly 225 points, while bond prices shot higher as investors once again sought the safety of government debt.

AFP - Troubled US banking giant Citigroup has agreed to buy back 7.5 billion dollars' worth of tainted securities it marketed to tens of thousands of investors, US regulators announced Thursday.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Thursday as insurer American International Group and Citigroup weighed on the financial sector, while lower-than-expected July sales by Wal-Mart Stores Inc raised concerns about consumer spending and profit outlook.

AP - Wall Street retreated Thursday after weekly unemployment claims jumped to a six-year high and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other retailers reported disappointing sales, touching off renewed fears that a pullback in consumer spending will damage the economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell about 120 points.

AP - A hedge-fund swindler accused of faking his own suicide tried to plead guilty Wednesday for going on the lam, but his case was postponed for six weeks after he told the judge that his drug therapy was affecting his ability to think clearly.

AFP - US stocks closed higher Wednesday as oil prices fell again, offering inflation relief, and Cisco's bright outlook lifted sentiments.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday, building on the previous day's big gains, as a further drop in oil prices and a reassuring outlook from Cisco Systems overshadowed persistent credit concerns.

AP - Wall Street logged another winning day Wednesday as a drop in oil prices and a better-than-expected profit report from technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. helped corral the market's worries about the financial sector.

AP - Stocks traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral the market's fresh worries about the financial sector.

Reuters - Stocks extended gains on Wednesday as a reassuring outlook from Cisco Systems and a further drop in the price of oil overshadowed nagging concerns about the housing slump.

AP - An already soaring Wall Street extended its advance 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 shot up more than 330 points, and all the major indexes had gains approaching 3 percent.

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.