Markets
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Oil falls on demand concerns
Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices closed at their lowest level in two weeks Thursday, tumbling below $94 a barrel on doubts that a revamped financial bailout plan will be enough to...
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Stocks decline on unemployment, factory reports
Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Pessimism about a protracted economic downturn washed over the financial markets Thursday, sending stocks plunging and further tightening the credit markets....
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Futures pull back after Senate bailout plan vote
Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Financial markets reacted cautiously to the Senate's passage of the banking bailout plan late Wednesday, with stock index futures falling and indicating a dr...
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Stocks calm after snapback rally
Sep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The financial markets saw some relative calm Wednesday as investors uneasily awaited a Senate vote on the banking bailout plan, with Wall Street closing with...
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Oil down after surprise jump in U.S. crude supplies
Sep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dipped below $100 a barrel Wednesday as ample increases in U.S. crude and gasoline supplies added to mounting evidence that a rough economy is for...
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Stocks surge higher; credit worries persist
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the...
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European stocks volatile after bailout rejection
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- The historic carnage on Wall Street reverberated across Europe on Tuesday, with stocks volatile after U.S. lawmakers rejected a US$700 billion bank rescue plan...
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Oil prices top $100 after huge sell-off
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices swung back above $100 a barrel Tuesday following a precipitous plunge a day earlier, with a growing consensus among investors that Congress will r...
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Asian stocks plunge after rejection of bailout
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO _ The historic carnage on Wall Street reverberated across Asia Tuesday, with stock markets in the region plunging after U.S. lawmakers rejected a US$700 billion b...
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Street suffers largest single-day point drop in Dow history
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street's worst fears came to pass Monday, when the government's financial rescue plan failed in Congress and stocks plunged precipitously -- hurtling th...