AFP - London's stock market fell on Tuesday, hit by news that Abu Dhabi will sell a large stake in Barclays bank, while other European markets steadied after recent sharp gains.

AFP - The London stock market wobbled on Tuesday as Barclays led the banking sector lower on news that Abu Dhabi will sell a large part of its stake in the British banking giant.

Reuters - U.S. stocks reduced earlier gains on Tuesday as financial shares came under pressure after several companies announced stock offerings. Major indexes had been higher in morning action after better-than-anticipated housing data bolstered hopes that the recession is abating.

AP - Investors are holding onto their gains a day after rushing into the stock market.

Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is creating a chief operating officer job to tighten management of the agency, which has been criticized by lawmakers for failing to detect the Bernard Madoff investor fraud and other lapses.

Reuters - Oil jumped more than 3 percent to hit a near seven-month high over $68 a barrel on Monday as improving global factory activity bolstered expectations of an economic recovery.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday, sending the S&P 500 to its highest close in seven months, as reassuring economic data reinforced hopes that demand will stabilize, while General Motors' long-expected bankruptcy filing ended uncertainty about the automaker's fate.

AP - The Dow Jones industrial average is the latest Wall Street institution to be reshaped by the financial crisis.

AP - The stock market began June with a big rally, thanks to another wave of encouraging economic data.