Efforts to calm European stock markets crash, but fail

French bankers and officials scrambled to calm nerves on Thursday after two days of whipsaw trading that saw their banks’ market value fall and rise by billions of euros.By late in the day those efforts appeared to settle markets jittery about the health of French banks and [...]

U.S. stock market upcoming days bounce off lows after claims

Economists looked by MarketWatch had expected the Labor Department to report an increase in initial claims, to 410,000.Trading in U.S. stock futures followed a choppy pattern with investors on edge after the previous session’s plunge, while shares of Cisco Systems Inc. [...]

U.S. stock market futures sink, gold soars after S&P move

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJ1U [...]

Stock market dives 513 points; O.C. responds

513 points plunged today of Dow Jones industrial amid renewed worries about a possible double-dip recession, the U.S. deficit and Europe’s continuing debt problems.The S&P 500 fell 60 points to 1,200. The Nasdaq declined 137 points to 2,556.It was the worst day for the market since the October 2008 when stocks sank as widening mortgage [...]

Investors fear latest economic downturn

Two years after the last recession ended, Wall Street is showing rising fear that the U.S. economy could be headed for a new downturn.Stock prices plummeted in the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to its lowest level since March and to its longest losing streak — eight straight sessions [...]

Financial Crisis Emphasizes Importance of G-20

John D. McKinnon reports on the financial crisis from Washington.
President Bush’s Rose Garden appearance Saturday morning was meant to provide a reassuring picture of stability — the world’s most powerful leader, standing alongside finance ministers of the seven old-line industrial powers, their flags flapping proudly in the autumn breeze.
But as recent financial shocks have showed, [...]

World’s Financial Leaders Vow to Unite

WASHINGTON — President Bush and the world’s financial leaders staged repeated displays of unity Saturday to combat an unfolding credit crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has spread despite bold and accelerating government action.
While there were no concrete offers of new moves made on Saturday, Mr. Bush pledged anew that his administration was doing [...]

Financial crisis: US stock markets suffer worst week on record

US stock markets have suffered their worst week on record following another torrid day of trading despite growing hopes that the government could step in to guarantee bank deposits and lending between financial institutions.
The Dow Jones fell 456.3 to 8122.2 leading to a 21pc fall over the week after the index on Thursday suffered its [...]

Financial crisis: US stock markets suffer worst week on record

US stock markets have suffered their worst week on record following another torrid day of trading despite growing hopes that the government could step in to guarantee bank deposits and lending between financial institutions.

Bush: Serious crisis needs serious global response

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Bush urged global finance leaders on Saturday to work together on plans to fix “the serious global crisis” in credit markets. “We’re in this together.