Reuters - Stocks ended little changed in choppy trading on Tuesday, closing out an August the bulls would like to forget.
Goldman swims downstream for PetroAlgae IPO (Reuters) - Comments Off
Reuters - No client is too small for Goldman Sachs Group Inc these days, even a company with no revenue that’s owned by a hedge fund specializing in penny stocks.
Global equities rocked by US economic fears (AFP) - Comments Off
AFP - World stock markets sank heavily on Tuesday as investors shunned risky assets amid renewed fears over the United States economy, while Tokyo also dived on concern over the soaring yen, dealers said.
European stocks plunge; London down 1.14 percent (AFP) - Comments Off
AFP - Europe’s main stock markets dived at the start of trading on Tuesday, following heavy overnight losses in New York and then in Asia as investors worried about weak US data and the strength of the yen.
World stocks fall on economic worries (Reuters) - Comments Off
Reuters - World stocks fell on Tuesday in markets dominated by concerns the U.S. economy is sliding back into recession, prompting further flows into safe-haven assets.
Reuters - Tokyo stocks fell 3.6 percent to a 16-month closing low on Tuesday, with disheartened investors bailing out of the market after the Bank of Japan’s emergency moves the day before failed to curb the yen’s strength.
Asian stocks retreat as Nikkei slides 2.6 percent (AP) - Comments Off
AP - Asian markets lost ground Tuesday as a strong yen pummeled Japanese shares and after Wall Street fell amid pessimism about the U.S. economy.
Dell-HP bidding war: The real story - Comments Off
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Summary Box: Economic worries dog stock prices (AP) - Comments Off
AP - ANOTHER POOR SIGN: Traders digested another weak sign on the economy Monday, a report showing that personal incomes rose less than expected in July.
How the major stock indexes fared Monday (AP) - Comments Off
AP - Stocks fell Monday after more signs of slowing economic growth got investors worried ahead of a key report on jobs later this week. The latest cause for worry came in a report showing that personal incomes rose less than expected in July. That added to a series of discouraging economics news suggesting that growth could slow down in the second half of the year.








