Reuters - U.S. stocks mostly edged higher on Tuesday after President Barack Obama said share prices are potentially a good deal at current levels, offsetting persistent uncertainty about plans to shore up the financial system.

AP - Investors ended an early rally and began selling on Wall Street Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress an economic recovery depends on the government's ability to stabilize weak financial markets.

AFP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that plunging stock markets were a "natural reaction" to global contagion but should not drive long-term policy, as he met Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Reuters - U.S. stocks slid to 12-year lows on Monday as a record $61.7 billion loss for AIG and another government bailout for the insurer heightened concerns about the extent of the damage to the financial system.

AFP - Global stock markets plunged Monday, hammered by fresh fears over the fate of some of the world's biggest financial companies in the midst of a spreading economic crisis.

AP - A relentless sell-off in the stock market Monday blew through barriers that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago, and investors warned there was no reason to believe buyers will return anytime soon. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted below 7,000 at the opening bell and kept driving lower all day. It was the first close below 7,000 was May 1, 1997.

AP - A relentless sell-off in the stock market Monday blew through barriers that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago, and investors warned there was no reason to believe buyers will return anytime soon.

AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares rebounded slightly at the open on Tuesday, gaining 0.63 percent to 3,648.71 points after slumping by more than five percent to six-year lows a day earlier.

AP - Most Asian stock markets extended their slump Tuesday after unremitting troubles at financial giants like American International Group and HSBC sent Wall Street tumbling to new multiyear lows overnight. European markets opened higher.

AFP - The London stock market struck its lowest level for almost six years on Monday as it reacted to more bleak news from the financial sector.

AP - World stock markets tumbled Monday, with benchmarks in Britain and Japan sinking 4 percent, as the worsening U.S. recession and more evidence of deep rot in the financial industry dashed hopes of a global recovery later this year.