Mortgages Give Wall St. New Worries
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The fallout from the subprime mortgage industry could further constrict consumers with weak, or subprime credit, while helping to prolong the housing downturn.
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Wall Street stock indexes declined on Wednesday after weak employment data and a record drop in a home sales index heightened concern that turmoil in the subprime mortgage market was hurting the wider U.S. economy.
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The company's large investments in a new payment service are worrying Wall Street.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after data showed deterioration in the employment and housing markets, underscoring concern that problems of the subprime mortgage market were spreading to the wider economy.
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Stocks fell sharply and goverment bonds rallied on Tuesday as further bad news from the beleaguered US mortgage sector fuelled concerns over growth prospects for the broader economy.
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The market has been shaken by uncertainty surrounding bond insurers and whether they will be able to handle large losses in the value of mortgage-backed bonds.
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Stocks slid on Wednesday as worries grew about how far troubles in the subprime mortgage market could spread, a day after Bear Stearns said two hedge funds with big bets on the sector were nearly worthless.
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Troubles buffeting the U.S. mortgage  market could get worse as resurgent crude oil prices squeeze  the finances of already hard-pressed borrowers, analysts say,  and that could spell more trouble for Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks slid on Monday as a worldwide flight from riskier assets moved into a second week, fed in part by heightened concerns about the flagging health of the subprime mortgage market.
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U.S. stocks fell on Monday, sending the Nasdaq Composite index down more than 1 percent, amid rising concerns about the subprime mortgage lending market and the diminishing appetite for risk in the latest leg of the global equity sell-off.
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Rising interest rates hurt the value of hedges it holds to protect profits on its mortgage portfolio.
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Investors, frightened by the prospect of a new subprime mortgage crisis that could dwarf the write-downs of the last few months, sent markets lower.
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Business & money: Heavy losses on stock market as investors worry that combination of rising interest rates and falling house prices will have damaging impact.
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Asian share markets on Wednesday  tracked heavy losses on Wall Street on fears about an  intensifying crisis in U.S. mortgage lending, spooking  investors nursing losses from a sharp sell-off two weeks ago.
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U.S. stock indexes tumbled more than 2 percent on Tuesday after Merrill Lynch warned that ailing credit markets will hurt bank profits, while reports showing eroding consumer confidence and falling home prices added to concerns about the economy.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq composite stock indexes fell on Monday as worries about a fallout from troubles in the subprime mortgage market re-emerged, but the blue-chip Dow clung to gains on optimism about earnings.
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Worries about the U.S. economy and fears over bank credit rippled across financial markets on Monday, sending stocks sharply lower and setting up Wall Street for a poor start.