Stocks Slide as Insurers' Woes Offset IBM
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as New  York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of the insurance  industry widened to the health sector, hammering shares of  health insurers.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday as worries about mortgage delinquencies hurt bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  underscored weakness in the housing market.
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S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial futures slipped on Friday as worries about the impact of the credit squeeze on financial services companies tempered optimism about Google Inc's  solid profit.
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Shares of insurers and insurance  brokers fell sharply on Friday for a second straight day after  New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer leveled fraud charges  against major industry players.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, dragged lower by the heavily weighted financial sector after Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  said it bailed out a hedge fund that is facing margin calls.
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NEW YORK  -Stocks fell on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P 500 plummeting to a 15-month low, as news of a plunge in regional factory activity and a hefty loss at Merrill Lynch further clouded an increasingly dire view of the economy.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as shares of financial services companies slid on concerns about the lingering effects of the credit crunch following Bank of America Corp's disappointing quarterly results.
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U.S. stocks were flat on Tuesday after  a strong opening as declines in health insurers offset  better-than-expected earnings from tech bellwethers IBM Corp.  IBM.N and Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.66 percent  by midday on Friday as renewed earnings concerns prompted  investors to sell key technology stocks, while insurers fell on  worries over their exposure to typhoon- and hurricane-related  costs.
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Stocks slid on Monday as worries about the housing slump's impact on the economy rattled investors, driving down shares of bellwethers such as Caterpillar Inc .
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Stocks slid sharply on Tuesday after Merrill Lynch cut its rating on three investment banks, while housing and consumer confidence data added to doubts about the economy's health.
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Stocks dropped on Tuesday as trouble in the subprime mortgage market fueled selling of financial sector shares and the housing slump took a toll on companies' outlooks.
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Wall Street ended a volatile session mixed on Wednesday as investors wrestled with a troubling outlook for bond insurers and a $9.4 billion write-down at Morgan Stanley.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, a day after the Standard & Poor's 500's biggest drop in two weeks, tracking European shares lower on credit concerns.
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Stocks slid on Tuesday as the subprime  mortgage crisis escalated, undermining banking shares, while  Home Depot Inc.  and other housing-related companies  lowered their outlooks.
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Stocks slid sharply on Friday, after bellwether stocks such as Caterpillar and Google posted disappointing earnings.
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US stocks fell as setbacks for drugmakers, including a study showing Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex painkiller increased the risk of heart attacks, sent health-care shares tumbling.