AP - Investors are adding consumer confidence to their growing list of things to worry about.

Reuters - U.S. stocks extended losses on Tuesday, with the three major indexes at session lows as investors worried about the strength of the expected economic recovery following data that showed consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in June.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Monday as higher oil prices lifted shares of energy companies and fund managers snapped up this quarter's winners to burnish their portfolios.

AP - A jump in oil prices sent investors rushing to put money into the stock market in the final days of the second quarter.

AP - Most Asian markets advanced Tuesday, shrugging off another rise in Japanese unemployment as oil powered above $73 a barrel to eight-month highs, boosting resource stocks.

AP - European stock markets rose modestly Monday despite earlier losses in Asia as investor sentiment was buoyed by upbeat European economic data, which stoked hopes that the worst of the recession has passed.

AFP - European stock markets rallied on Monday, helped by a report that mobile phone giant Vodafone could launch a bid for the British unit of Germany's T-Mobile, traders said.

Reuters - Asset management and servicing giant State Street Corp said it might face civil charges by U.S. securities regulators for exposing investors to losses on subprime mortgages.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Monday as higher oil prices boosted energy shares, and signs of life in the global economy and overseas markets renewed investor optimism on the prospects of a recovery.