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FT.com - Wall Street stocks were set for a sharply lower start on Monday as the global sell-off in equities moved apace and the shares in troubled subprime mortgage lenders plunged after the initiation of a criminal investigation. More Info...  

AFP - World oil prices fell by more than a dollar on Monday as global traders sought to limit their exposure to high-risk investments amid a fresh tumble on stock markets.

Reuters - Nervous investors fled risky assets again on Monday, battering global stock markets as long-standing speculative bets on a weak Japanese currency unravelled amid a surge of yen strength.

FT.com - European equity markets slumped on Monday as Asian markets were battered by the strengthening yen, which rose to three-month highs against the euro and the dollar as investors dumped risky assets and strategies. More Info...  

Reuters - European shares sank to three-month lows on Monday, led by banks and resource stocks, as the global equity sell-off continued to batter investor confidence and the yen hit three-month highs against the dollar.

AFP - European stock markets slumped lower on Monday following losses in Asia, as volatile trading gripped global markets for a second week.

Stock Markets News AP - U.S. stock markets and the electronic trading platforms that compete with them enter a new era Monday as regulations take effect to level the playing field for all types of exchanges. More Info...  

AP - If last week was Wall Street's big dive, this week will be where it tries to figure out how deep the water is.

AFP - Two years ago, nobody would have noticed if China's stock markets had suddenly plummeted nearly nine percent in one day.

AFP - Fear was back on global stock markets last week as investors worried about the financial and trade imbalances that have built up during years of strong growth for the world economy.

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AP - Stocks stumbled in the final session of a tumultuous week as the yen rallied against the dollar and concerns about the U.S. economy still dogged investors after Tuesday's huge drop. The Dow Jones industrials logged their worst weekly performance in more than four years.

AP - Stocks stumbled in the final session of a tumultuous week as the yen rallied against the dollar and concerns about the U.S. economy still dogged investors after Tuesday's huge drop. The Dow Jones industrials logged their worst weekly performance in more than four years.

FT.com - US stocks lost more ground on Friday after a turbulent week that saw European bourses endure their worst week for four years and Wall Street suffer its biggest one-day fall since markets reopened after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks. More Info...  

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AP - Stocks stumbled in the final session of a tumultuous week Friday as the yen rallied against the dollar and concerns about the U.S. economy still dogged investors after Tuesday's huge drop. The Dow Jones industrials logged their worst weekly performance in more than four years.

Investor's Business Daily - Short exchange traded funds got a small boost this week as the Dow Jones industrial average lost 416 points and the Nasdaq composite dropped 96.66 Tuesday. But that doesn't mean you should necessarily chase them, says ProShares Advisors CIO Bill Seale. More Info...  

AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the global and US economies were "strong" and that volatility is a facet of stock markets following heavy losses on Wall Street.

AFP - Volatile global stock markets suffered more losses Friday, with Wall Street hit by heavy selling as edgy investors retrenched ahead of the weekend with other bourses still skittish from this week's turmoil.

FT.com - US stocks plunged in a torrid week, suffering their steepest one-day fall in equities since 2001. The slump reversed the year's gains, and left open the question of whether worse was to come. More Info...  

Reuters - NYSE Group , which operates the New York Stock Exchange, has requested relief for one month from compliance with certain securities regulations taking effect on Monday. More Info...  

Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday, capping their worst week in more than four years, as a rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off.