Reuters - Wall Street had its worst day since markets reopened after the September 11 attacks as fears about the U.S. financial system's stability surged on Monday after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and insurer AIG struggled for survival.

AP - A stunning makeover of the Wall Street landscape sent stocks falling precipitously Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials losing 500 points in their worst slide since the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Investors recoiled after a shakeup of the financial industry that took out two storied names: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co.

AFP - Global stock markets have gone into a dizzying fall as the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers sparked fears that more bad news is on the horizon for the finance sector and the economy.

AP - The upheaval in the American financial system sent shock waves through the stock market Monday, producing the worst day on Wall Street in seven years as investors digested the failure of one of its most venerable banks and wondered which domino would be next to fall.

AFP - Global equities tumbled for a second day running Tuesday as anxious investors waited to see if US insurance giant AIG would suffer the same fate as bankrupt US investment bank Lehman Brothers.

Reuters - The benchmark Nikkei average slid 5 percent to a three-year low on Tuesday, with investors dumping shares across the board after Lehman Brothers' collapse fuelled fears about the U.S. financial system and hit stock markets worldwide.

AP - Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday as the collapse of Lehman Brothers and takeover of Merrill Lynch spurred fears of a global financial crisis. European markets, which fell sharply Monday, extended losses in early trading.

AFP - Lehman Brothers declared itself bankrupt Monday and Wall Street rival Merrill Lynch had to be taken over in a new financial earthquake that sent global markets into a slump.

AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares plunged 5.25% in midday trade on Monday following the collapse of US investment giant Lehman Brothers.

AFP - The Bank of England failed to avert a banking-led slump on the London stock market on Monday despite pumping billions of pounds into money markets after the collapse of US giant Lehman Brothers.

AP - Stock markets tumbled in Europe and Asia on Monday after the double-fisted blow from Wall Street news that Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch would be sold to a large U.S. bank.

AFP - Stock markets across the energy-rich Gulf fell sharply on Monday, shedding up to seven percent of their value on the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and a big drop in oil prices.

AFP - London shares closed lower on Monday as the FTSE suffered repurcussions from the global crisis caused by the filing of bankruptcy by US banking giant Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch's imminent purchase by Bank of America..

AFP - Global stock markets plunged Monday as the dramatic collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers sparked sharp losses across the financial sector on fears more bad news is to come, dealers said.

AFP - Toronto stocks fell more than 400 points in the opening minutes of trading Monday, as part of a global stock market thrashing after US bank Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy.