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European exchanges post sharp falls on fears for banking sector
(AFP)
 AFP - European stock exchanges suffered sharp falls Friday on fresh fears for the health of the banking sector sparked by a report from Goldman Sachs.
European shares fall, Asia markets mixed
(AP)
 AP - European markets fell and Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested uneven readings on the U.S. economy and oil prices that remained near records. Japan posted its 12th straight day of losses.
Japan's key stock index extends losses
(AP)
 AP - Japan's key stock index extended its longest slide in more than a half-century, as record oil prices intensified concerns over the impact on corporate earnings and consumer demand.
World stocks fall on financial shares, oil drops
(Reuters)
 Reuters - World stocks edged lower on Friday,
getting no relief from a decline in crude prices as concerns of
further banking write-downs weighed on financial shares.
Hot Iron Ore, Coal Prices Spur Steel Deals
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Steel and mining stocks tumbled Wednesday, but as China and India continue to build their way into the 21st century, steel and the iron ore and coking coal to make it are still hot commodities. Stocks end mixed following jobs, services data
(AP)
AP - Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. But stocks still had their third dismal week in a row, with the major indexes again posting losses as worries about rising oil prices and the fallout from the credit crisis dogged the market.
Ex-analysts settle SEC insider trading case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A former Morgan Stanley financial
analyst and her husband, an ex-hedge fund analyst at ING Group,
have settled insider trading charges, the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission said on Thursday. Energy shares, tame jobs data lift Dow
(Reuters)
 Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow rose on Thursday, a day after
the blue-chip average entered a bear market, on relief payrolls
data was not as weak as some had feared and with another record
oil price boosting energy shares.
Dow's bear market run spells trouble for Wall St.
(Reuters)
 Reuters - With the Dow sliding into a bear
market on Wednesday, the dark days on Wall Street are far from
over, amid record oil prices, struggling consumers and the
never-ending credit crisis.
More offerings for China and Hong Kong
(FT.com)
FT.com - Stock exchanges in China and Hong Kong are set to shrug aside the market uncertainty and host a further 86 initial public offerings in the second half of 2008, according to an authoritative study published yesterday. Nikkei hits longest losing streak in 43 years
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Nikkei average fell 1.3 percent on
Wednesday to hit its longest losing streak in more than 40
years, as worries about the global economy hit exporters such
as Canon Inc (7751.T).
Grasso case "over" as court dismisses claims
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Former New York Stock Exchange chief
Richard Grasso won a knockout victory on Tuesday in his
four-year fight to keep every last penny of his $187.5 million
pay package, as an appeals court threw out the state's
remaining claims against him.
Ex-NYSE chief can keep 100-million-dollar payout: court
(AFP)
 AFP - An appeals court Tuesday gave former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) chief Richard Grasso a total victory by dismissing all claims seeking reimbursement of a contested 100-million-dollar severance payout.
NY drops claims against Grasso after court defeat
(AP)
 AP - The four-year legal battle over former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package ended Tuesday when a New York appeals court dismissed claims against him of excessive pay and the state's top prosecutor said the case was closed.
London shares remain low
(AFP)
 AFP - Blue chips remained at lower levels midafternoon, dragged down by the banking sector amid fears of profit warnings, with Wall Street lower on the back of ongoing concerns over rising oil prices.
Real Estate: Making the REIT Picks
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - After a great run, real estate investments have suffered over the past year, with the average real estate mutual fund down 18%, according to Morningstar. David Lee has managed the $2.5 billion T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund (NASDAQ:TRREX - News) since it opened in October 1997, so he has seen tough times before. In the two years after the fund started, shares of real estate investment trusts (REITs) lost almost 20%, even as the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index raced ahead 50%. "Even my family was calling up saying they were going to disown me," Lee jokes. Frankfurt stock market index celebrates 20 years in business
(AFP)
 AFP - Much has changed at the Frankfurt stock exchange in 20 years but as its Dax index celebrates the milestone it remains the barometer for German economic well-being.
U.S. Slowdown Shows In Drop Of China ETFs
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - One of the largest China-focused exchange traded funds is iShares FTSE/Xinhua 25 (NYSEArca:FXI.TO - News). It's down 12.30% over the last month and 22.74% year to date. The ETF has $6.7 billion in assets. Wall Street to begin July on shaky ground
(AP)
 AP - The year is nearly halfway over, and Wall Street appears to be on even shakier ground than when it began 2008. And this shortened week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday is unlikely to bring the market enough proof that the economic climate is improving.
Bruised Wall Street hits mid-year with sentiment weak
(AFP)
 AFP - Approaching the halfway point through 2008, Wall Street is mired in worries about a sputtering US economy and surging energy costs as the market braces for second-quarter corporate results.
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