New Century shares plunge further
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Wall Street stocks rose sharply on Friday before stabilising as data showing sound jobs growth was offset by fears that a big subprime mortgage lender is close to collapse.
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Wall Street lenders cut their credit lines to New Century Financial, forcing it ever closer to bankruptcy.
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FTSE 100 drops more than 200 points, adding to yesterday's biggest fall since 9/11
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Shares in catering firm Compass slump nearly 20% after the firm says higher costs are set to hit profits.
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The meltdown among U.S. subprime mortgage lenders broadened on Tuesday, as shares of Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. lost two-thirds of their value and New Century Financial Corp. sank, with investors fearing both would run out of cash.
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Business & money: Share price plunges after disappointing profits raising fears over America's economic slowdown
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Activist hedge fund manager David  Einhorn quit New Century Financial Corp.'s  board late  Wednesday, two days after the subprime lender's stock fell 69  percent following disclosure of a federal criminal probe.
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Shares of Electrolux tumble after the world's largest maker of consumer electronics says that profit in the second half will be less than forecast.
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Countrywide Financial Corp.'s shares tumbled for the second day Wednesday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said the delinquency and foreclosure rate of home loans in its portfolio surged in December.
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New Century Financial Corp.  said on Tuesday it underestimated its debt to Credit Suisse by $500 million, the latest snafu for a company under investigation by U.S. securities regulators and facing delisting from the New York Stock Exchange.
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Stocks turned sharply negative on Tuesday as shares of financial services companies slid with traders citing rumors of more financial problems at Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender.
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New Century Financial Corp. ,  the largest independent U.S. subprime lender, said on Monday  that its lenders plan to halt financing, in a development that  could push the company closer to bankruptcy.
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New Century Financial Corp., the largest independent U.S. subprime mortgage lender, said on Monday its lenders plan to halt financing, pushing the company closer to bankruptcy.
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New Century Financial Corp. , whose shares fell 25 percent on Thursday amid speculation it would seek bankruptcy protection, said it has received $265 million in financing, but stopped accepting loan applications after some lenders blocked its credit lines.
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New Century Financial Corp. , whose shares fell 25 percent on Thursday amid speculation it would seek bankruptcy protection, said it had received $265 million in financing, but was not accepting loan applications after some lenders blocked its credit lines.
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The demise of New Century Financial has been broadly viewed as troubling, as it involves the nationâs $6.5 trillion mortgage securities market.
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The companyâs shares plunged 15.9 percent to a nearly four-year low of $10.36 in morning trading after its net profit fell 84 percent in the fourth quarter.