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AP - China's prime minister tried to reassure the world about its financial goals Friday, saying a planned company to invest some of its $1 trillion in reserves won't affect dollar-denominated assets and promising to reform unruly Chinese stock markets.

AFP - European stock markets fell on Friday after Tokyo finished in the red, as investors remained wary despite modest overnight gains in New York, dealers said.

FT.com - Unilever bucket a lower London market on Friday as the Anglo-Dutch consumer industries group became the latest FTSE stock to be linked with a private equity takeover. More Info...  

AFP - Global stock markets struggled Friday to recover from the latest equities sell-off as anxious investors assessed the outlook for the US economy, dealers said.

FT.com - London equities fell in opening trade on Friday, unable to keep the momentum of the previous session after Asian markets fell overnight and Wall Street indices posted only small gains. More Info...  

FT.com - Japanese stocks fell on Friday, hit by dollar weakness against the yen and a sharp fall in the banking sector. More Info...  

AP - Japanese stocks fell Friday, dragged down by bank, steel and auto shares, amid jitters ahead of the release of U.S. consumer price figures.

Stock Markets News

AP - Stocks managed a moderate advance Thursday, staying afloat as signs of strength in corporate takeover activity, jobs and overseas markets allowed investors to stomach a sharp rise in wholesale inflation.

Reuters - U.S. stocks finished higher on Thursday after healthy earnings from Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. eased concerns about subprime lending problems spreading to other companies and the wider economy.

AFP - A rout on global equity markets sparked by fears of a meltdown in the US housing market was checked Thursday with share prices in the United States, Europe and Asia posting solid gains.

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. on Thursday named former Congressman Michael G. Oxley, co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley securities legislation, as nonexecutive vice chairman.

FT.com - US stocks were trading a touch firmer at mid-morning on Thursday, after an unexpected jump in wholesale inflation offset deal activity. More Info...  

FT.com - US stocks were set for a lower start on Thursday, after an unexpected jump in wholesale inflation offset deal activity. More Info...  

AP - European and Asian stock markets rebounded Thursday, relieved by a recovery on Wall Street after a plunge earlier in the week triggered by worries about a slowdown in the U.S. economy.

FT.com - London equities recovered in opening trade on Thursday, as stronger Asian markets helped dispel the gloom and investors warmed to strong numbers from Prudential and Wm Morrison and confirmation that Cadbury Schweppes (NYSE:CSG) is looking at selling its US drinks business. More Info...  

AP - Japanese stocks rebounded Thursday from their plunge a day earlier, helped by a recovery on Wall Street, as investors snapped up steel and electronics shares that had fallen to attractive levels.

FT.com - Asian stocks staged a broad recovery on Thursday, led by Tokyo, boosted by an overnight rebound in US stocks and a fallback in the yen. More Info...  

Stock Markets News Investor's Business Daily - China's 9% stock-market dive Feb. 27 took a big bite out of its gains for the year and triggered a vortex in global markets. But several fund managers remain fully invested and are long-term bullish on Chinese stocks. More Info...  

Investor's Business Daily - China's 9% stock-market dive Feb. 27 took a big bite out of its gains for the year and triggered a vortex in global markets. But several fund managers remain fully invested and are long-term bullish on Chinese stocks. More Info...  

AP - Wall Street gyrated and then steadied itself Wednesday, closing with a respectable advance although the Dow Jones industrials fell as much as 136 points and briefly dropped below the 12,000 mark before recovering.