AP - A rising dollar and disappointing corporate forecasts pushed stocks lower and Treasurys higher on Thursday on concerns the economy will struggle to recover.

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as the dollar's rebound quelled demand for risky assets, while a soft FedEx forecast hit transportation shares and a prominent analyst cut estimates for two major banks.

Reuters - Stocks finished flat to slightly higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve reiterated its intention to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future to ensure a sustainable economic recovery.

AP - The stock market stalled after an early advance Wednesday as the Federal Reserve reminded investors that it would start to wean the economy from an array of emergency supports next year.

AP - Most Asian stock markets fell Thursday as the dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve signaled it would start undoing some of its emergency supports next year as the economic recovery gathers pace.

AFP - Europe's leading stock markets rallied on Wednesday, with Frankfurt hitting a 2009 high, as banking shares jumped and the Tokyo index closed at its highest level for seven weeks.

AP - European stock markets rose Wednesday following a report that global finance regulators will give lenders a decade or more to meet stricter capital rules.

AP - Eighteen months without a job. Fourteen months. Twelve.

Reuters - Stocks should score a second straight year of gains in 2010 as an economic recovery brightens the profit outlook, extending the market's rebound from the depths of a punishing financial crisis, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.