Reuters - Stocks rose in thin trading on Thursday as another decline in the price of oil buoyed hopes that consumer spending will recover and financial shares bounced back from a sharp two-day sell-off.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Wednesday, as persistent concerns about the credit crisis hurt bank shares while a rebound in oil prices and weak outlooks at some retailers raised anxieties about consumer spending.

AP - Wall Street ended an erratic session Wednesday with a lopsided loss as blue chips fell on investors' concerns over the health of financial companies and high-tech stocks fared better on news from the semiconductor sector. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 100 points, but the other major indexes finished with single-digit losses.

AFP - London shares dipped on Wednesday, amid renewed jitters about the health of the world's top banks and slowing economic growth.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index climbed 1 percent on Wednesday as resource shares bounded higher with commodity prices, eclipsing declines in financial and consumer stocks.

Reuters - U.S. stocks slid on Wednesday as financial shares sold off for a second straight day on fresh concerns about the widening impact of the mortgage crisis on the U.S. economy's outlook.

AFP - US regulators and ten stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), have forged a new alliance to clamp down on illegal insider trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday.

AP - Wall Street fell for a second session Wednesday after a government report on retail sales and a jump in oil prices raised investors' concerns about consumers' ability to spend and feed economic growth. Stocks pared their steepest losses as some traders turned to sectors such as technology.

Reuters - U.S. and state regulators are close to reaching a settlement with multiple banks accused of selling auction-rate securities under false pretenses that would force them to repurchase billions of dollars of the now-illiquid securities at face value, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, as bank shares tumbled on fresh worries about the economy and further losses stemming from the mortgage crisis.

AFP - US stocks closed lower Tuesday as several major banks unveiled fresh losses reminding investors that an already lengthy credit crunch is still biting financial firms balance sheets.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index closed lower on Tuesday as financial shares fell on worries over more losses related to the credit crunch, offsetting a rebound by gold producers.