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AP - Stocks spiked higher Monday as Wall Street joined overseas markets in riding a wave of merger news to bounce back from a losing week. The Dow Jones industrials rose 115 points.

FT.com - Insurance stocks led the way as the FTSE 100 index Monday recouped more of its recent losses. More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after Britain's Barclays Plc and Dutch bank ABN AMRO confirmed they were in talks to merge, helping the financial sector recover from its recent hammering in the subprime mortgage market turmoil.

FT.com - A flurry of merger and acquisition activity lifted investors' morale on Monday and helped Wall Street recoup almost all its losses of last week. More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after Britain's Barclays Plc and Dutch bank ABN AMRO confirmed they were in talks to merge, boosting financial shares in the wake of the subprime mortgage market turmoil.

AP - Oil prices slumped below $57 on Monday amid expectations for rising crude stocks, but prices in future months rose as traders looked ahead to the summer driving season — a period of peak gasoline demand.

FT.com - A flurry of merger and acquisition activity lifted investors' morale yesterday and helped Wall Street recoup almost all of its losses from last week. More Info...  

AFP - A vast trans-Atlantic stock exchange is about to be born, with two days to go before the close of a takeover bid by the New York Stock Exchange for the European exchange Euronext.

FT.com - The yen weakened on Monday as a strong performance from Asian stock markets encouraged investors to take on risk, reversing the currency's earlier gains following a rise in Chinese interest rates. More Info...  

AFP - World oil prices rebounded on Monday, reaching almost 61 dollars a barrel in London trade, as stock markets firmed and a closely-watched report forecast a jump in crude futures in coming months.

AP - Most Asian markets rose Monday, with Chinese stocks recovering from a recent plunge that rattled world markets and Japanese shares advancing as a weaker yen inspired investors to snap up exporters. More Info...  

AFP - Europe's main stock markets travelled higher in morning trade on Monday, boosted by news of a planned merger of German tourism giant TUI and smaller British rival First Choice.

FT.com - London equities rose on Monday, as a flurry of deal making helped restore a measure of momentum to the market. More Info...  

AP - Japanese stocks rose robustly Monday as a weaker yen encouraged investors to buy up exporters like Sony and Ricoh. More Info...  

AP - The stock market proved again last week that it's vulnerable to bad news relating to U.S. subprime mortgage lenders. This week should give investors a clearer view of the housing market's health, and whether it's stable enough to stave off an overflow of that sector's troubles into the wider economy.

Stock Markets News

AP - The stock market proved again last week that it's vulnerable to bad news relating to U.S. subprime mortgage lenders. This week should give investors a clearer view of the housing market's health, and whether it's stable enough to stave off an overflow of that sector's troubles into the wider economy.

AP - Wall Street slumped Friday after another reading on inflation deflated hopes the Federal Reserve will start moving toward an interest rate cut when it meets next week. The major indexes suffered moderate losses for the week.

Stock Markets News

AP - Wall Street slumped Friday after another reading on inflation deflated hopes the Federal Reserve will start moving toward an interest rate cut when it meets next week. The major indexes suffered moderate losses for the week.

Investor's Business Daily - Falling stock markets, weak economic data and a subprime mortgage meltdown have made investors consider something they haven't had to think about in a long time -- risk. More Info...  

Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as a drop in oil prices dragged down energy shares and strong consumer price inflation data dented hopes for an interest-rate cut any time soon.