AP - Russia's leading stock exchanges suspended trading Friday less than an hour after reopening because the stocks rose too sharply.

AFP - Trading was suspended Friday on Russian stock markets when share prices soared minutes after the exchanges opened following a massive Russian government rescue plan, market officials said.

AFP - Asian stocks rallied Friday on the back of a rebound on Wall Street, as the US government and the world's central banks took action to keep the global financial crisis from deepening.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets soared early on Friday in the wake of massive gains across Asia and on Wall Street overnight as world governments took action to tackle the global financial crisis.

AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares surged by 4.43 percent to 5,096.40 points soon after the start of trading Friday in the wake of massive gains across Asia and on Wall Street overnight.

AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday moved to prop up Russia's battered financial markets following the biggest one-day plunge in share prices since the 1998 financial crisis.

AFP - European equities edged higher Thursday after British bank Lloyds TSB agreed a takeover deal for rival HBOS, and as investors grappled with a major central bank plan to boost liquidity.

Reuters - Morgan Stanley topped the list of major financial companies scrambling to find a buyer as its shares tumbled another 35 percent, while central banks rushed in $180 billion in extra liquidity to calm panicked stock and money markets.

AP - European stocks halted three days of losses in early afternoon trading Thursday, rising slightly after a concerted effort by central banks to pump billions more U.S. dollars into troubled money markets and limit the global financial crisis. Asian markets fell.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index soared on Thursday morning after central banks around the world poured in $180 billion in extra liquidity to calm markets made jittery by the mayhem on Wall Street.

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he would, if elected, fire U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox for failing in his oversight of Wall Street.

AFP - A rally on global stock markets fizzled out tamely Thursday as nervous investors took quick profits on gains made after unprecedented joint central bank action to ease the global credit crunch.

Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John McCain said on Thursday a top Bush administration official should be fired for failing to regulate Wall Street and allowing markets to be used as a casino.

Reuters - Stocks briefly turned negative before edging higher again in volatile trading that reflected the uncertainty about the health of the financial system.