AFP - London's leading shares slipped 0.90 percent on Monday, dragged down by a poor start on Wall Street as miners led the fallers.

Reuters - Oil prices fell more than 4 percent on Monday to near $50 a barrel as U.S. stock markets sputtered on worries over the banking sector and the dollar gained against the euro.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday after a warning from a prominent analyst revived worries over the health of banks and the potential collapse of a takeover of Sun Microsystems bruised sentiment in the technology sector.

AP - Wall Street pulled back Monday as investors took profits following a four-week rally, fearful of poor earnings reports starting this week and more trouble for banks.

Reuters - U.S. stocks should rally further this week, if investors get more signs that the economic slump is abating and earnings season does not get off to a rocky start.

AP - World stock markets posted more solid gains Monday, with Hong Kong's index up more than 3 percent, as a global rally entered its fifth straight week amid hopes the worst of the economic crisis is over.

Reuters - U.S. stocks should rally further this week, if investors get more signs that the economic slump is abating and earnings season does not get off to a rocky start.

AP - Enthusiasm over government programs aimed at breaking a logjam in bank lending has become the key driver of the market's recent surge. But that could take a back seat in coming weeks as investors return to their bread-and-butter indicator: quarterly earnings data.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Friday, with the Dow marking its best four-week winning streak since 1933, lifted by robust results from Research in Motion and comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said the central bank will do everything it can to stabilize banks.

AP - Not even grisly job losses could get in the stock market's way Friday.

AP - Not even grisly job losses could get in the stock market's way Friday.