AP - Investors went back to selling stocks after they ran short of reasons to keep the market's rally going.

AP - The summer slowdown is setting in on Wall Street.

AP - World stocks retreated Monday as investors assessed whether recent signs of improvement in the recession-hit global economy justify the enormous rally in markets since March.

AP - The summer slowdown is setting in on Wall Street.

AP - The stock market's rally is on hold, and it's not clear what might restart it.

Reuters - The Dow moved into positive territory for the year for the first time since early January on Friday, lifted by defensive sectors like pharmaceuticals while a disappointing outlook from National Semiconductor weighed on technology stocks.

AP - The stock market's rally is on hold, and it's not clear what might restart it.

AP - Major Asian stock markets advanced Friday as improving economic data from the China and U.S. supported views that the worst of the global recession is passing. European markets opened narrowly mixed.

AP - European stock markets fell modestly Friday ahead of an expected retreat on Wall Street and after further dismal industrial production data fueled renewed concerns about the length and depth of the recession.

AFP - Europe's main equity markets fell on Friday, despite gains elsewhere amid mounting global recovery hopes, as investors absorbed the latest downbeat data in the recession-blighted eurozone.

Reuters - A loss in server connectivity that caused the New York Stock Exchange to halt trades in about 240 companies has been restored, Ray Pellecchia, spokesman for NYSE Euronext, said on Friday.

Reuters - Technology shares led Wall Street's drop on Friday after National Semiconductor's disappointing results, but a rise in defensive sectors like healthcare limited losses in the Dow and S&P 500.