AFP - London shares closed sharply lower on Wednesday amid ongoing concerns over the state of the UK economy.

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell in skittish trade on Wednesday as signs of increasingly sluggish growth in the world economy left investors worried about the outlook for consumer spending and corporate profits.

AP - Wall Street declined in skittish trading Wednesday, with investors still unsettled about the economy and only somewhat relieved about falling commodities prices.

AP - Federal prosecutors and regulators on Wednesday accused two former Wall Street brokers of defrauding customers by making more than $1 billion in unauthorized purchases of securities tied to subprime mortgages.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index was hammered by a selloff in resources on Tuesday, plunging more than 3 percent as commodity prices fell, marking its worst day in more than seven months.

AP - Wall Street succumbed to its ongoing angst Tuesday, giving up a sharp advance and turning moderately lower after falling oil prices failed to calm the market's nervousness about the economy and the financial sector.

Investor's Business Daily - China won the most gold at the Olympics, but the country's stock market is in dead last.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Tuesday, as a steep decline in the price of oil and other commodities hammered energy and materials companies while tech shares fell amid jitters a global economic slowdown would crimp technology spending.

AFP - Europe's leading stock exchanges rallied on Tuesday on tumbling crude oil prices and the prospect of lower interest rates, while British companies also benefited from a weaker pound.

AFP - London shares made gains as crude-oil futures fell Tuesday.

Reuters - The Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 indexes fell on Tuesday as a sharp slide in oil prices hit shares of energy companies, including Exxon Mobil , while a drop in Apple Inc punctured an earlier rally in large-cap technology shares.

AP - Wall Street succumbed to its ongoing angst Tuesday, giving up a sharp advance as falling oil prices failed to calm the market's nervousness about the economy and the financial sector.

AP - Stocks fell around the world Monday, led by Asian exchanges as concerns about a slowing global economy weighed heavily on the markets. Oil prices declined sharply as Hurricane Gustav weakened, but investors were still waiting to see how much damage the storm might do to Gulf Coast oil operations.