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FT.com - Global stock markets were hit by a fresh wave of turbulence on Wednesday as investor concerns mounted over the crisis in the US subprime mortgage market. More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, led by hard-hit financial shares as some investors' concerns about the subprime mortgage crisis eased.

Reuters - Stocks rebounded on Wednesday as hard-hit financial shares recovered on the view that fears of the subprime mortgage problem spreading were overblown and had left stocks looking cheap. More Info...  

FT.com - Global stock markets were hit by a fresh wave of turbulence on Wednesday as investor concerns mounted over the crisis in the US subprime mortgage market. More Info...  

AFP - Wall Street shares rebounded Wednesday as bargain-hunters shrugged off a new bout of bloodletting in Europe and Asia triggered by fears for the US housing market.

FT.com - Retail stocks outperformed as the London market suffered another severe downward lurch Wednesday. More Info...  

AP - OPEC ministers on Wednesday spoke out against pumping more crude into world markets, suggesting they favored present levels — and prices — despite jittery stock markets and concerns about the health of the global economy.

AFP - OPEC ministers on Wednesday brushed off the slump across world stock markets but said oil demand could still be hit should a downturn for equities linger and lead to slower US economic growth.

AP - European and Asian stocks plummeted Wednesday after Wall Street chalked its second-biggest point decline in four years and rattled already nervous markets worldwide.

FT.com - Global stock markets fell further on Wednesday in highly-volatile trading as investor concerns mounted over the crisis in the US subprime mortgage market. More Info...  

FT.com - Global stock markets tumbled further on Wednesday in highly-volatile trading as investor concerns mounted over the crisis in the US subprime mortgage market. More Info...  

FT.com - Global stock markets tumbled further in highly-volatile trading on Wednesday as investor concerns mounted over the crisis in the US subprime mortgage market. More Info...  

AP - U.S. Treasury prices were slightly higher Wednesday as the stock market gave up its initial gains and the Dow Jones industrial average fell below 12,000. More Info...  

AP - Wall Street bobbed in and out of positive territory Wednesday, seeking a direction a day after concerns about faltering subprime mortgage lenders sparked a broad selloff in stocks. More Info...  

FT.com - Global stock markets remained under pressure after a mixed start to trading on Wall Street failed to lift investor confidence. More Info...  

AFP - Stock markets in Asia and Europe fell heavily again on Wednesday after an overnight slump on Wall Street over signs of trouble in the US housing sector.

AFP - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is not unduly concerned about tumbling stock markets, although an economic slowdown would affect demand for crude, the head of Libya's OPEC delegation said Wednesday.

FT.com - London equities tracked Wall Street sharply lower on Tuesday as growing concerns about the health of the US subprime lending sector harried the financials sector and resurrected fears of a wider slowdown. More Info...  

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AP - Stocks plunged Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down more than 240 points to their second-biggest drop in almost four years, as troubles piled up for subprime lenders.

AP - Japanese stocks dipped sharply during Wednesday morning trading, falling in the wake of an overnight plunge on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 512.04 points, or 2.98 percent, to 16,666.80 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by the end of morning session. The index had fallen 0.66 percent to finish at 17,178.84 points Tuesday. More Info...