Stocks are mixed as oil prices retreat - Los Angeles Times

Stocks are mixed as oil prices retreat - Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK -- Oil prices Monday gave up a good chunk of Friday's record surge, thanks in part to comments from Washington in support of the dollar, but the stock market recouped only a small fraction of its end-of-the-week plunge. The major stock

Stocks mixed; oil price "going to paralyze us" - Seattle Times
NEW YORK — Stocks closed mixed Monday, with Wall Street exhausted from last week's swoon and still nervous about losses at banks and elevated energy costs. The Dow Jones industrials rose 70.51 to 12,280.32 after Friday's 395-point rout, which was

China stocks drop steeply - CNN Money
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Chinese stocks plunged Tuesday following the central bank's latest credit-tightening move. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 257.34 points, or 7.7% to 3,072.33. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's second

Stocks take breather as oil prices cool - Chicago Tribune
Stocks closed mixed Monday, providing some relief after last week's swoon, but investors remained nervous about the effect of bank losses and energy costs on the economy. A pullback in crude oil prices provided only limited relief to investors, who

Bernanke's inflation warning hits stocks and bonds - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks hit their lowest in almost two months, major government bonds tumbled and the dollar jumped on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve chief fired another warning shot on inflation, fanning expectations of higher interest

Australian shares close lower, financial stocks lead falls - UPDATE - Forbes
SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - Australian shares closed sharply lower on Tuesday, the first day of trading after a long weekend, led by financial stocks as investors reacted to renewed concerns about the ongoing impact of the global credit market