Stocks Fall on Recession Worries
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Dow slumps more than 250 points after contraction in service sector rekindles investor concerns.
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U.S. stocks slid on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years, prompting worries about the strength of the U.S. economy.
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Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered optimism that the economy may avoid recession, and they locked in profits on banking and pharmaceutical shares after two days of sharp gains.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as signs of   housing-market weakness and worries about the outlook for   interest rates made investors uneasy about prospects for   consumer spending and corporate profits.
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Stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow dropping more than 2 percent, after American Express Co  warned of mounting credit-card defaults, adding to expectations of a U.S. recession.
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Stocks dropped on Thursday on worries that financial services companies would report more big losses from the credit crisis.
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Stocks tanked Tuesday afternoon, after a report showing a big slowdown in the services sector of the economy amplified fears that a recession is underway or imminent.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as a brokerage's downgrades of investment banks and renewed credit concerns hit shares of financial companies, while data fueled doubts about the economy's outlook.
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U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as worries about bad mortgage debts hit bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  reignited concern about weakness in the housing market.
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Stocks fell on Friday as investors   worried that the economy will slow more sharply than expected,   prompting them to sell shares of big industrial companies such   as heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, with major indexes falling by their biggest margin in months, amid concern about Google Inc.'s  valuation and doubts about holiday spending after a disappointing sales estimate from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. .
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Stocks turned lower on Friday as lingering worries about losses in the subprime mortgage lending sector overshadowed signs of continued strength in the U.S. job market.
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Stocks edged lower on Wednesday on disappointment about corporate financial results and uncertainty whether an expected Federal Reserve rate cut could head off a U.S. recession.
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Stocks fell on Monday as investors  worried about higher oil prices and warnings of lower company  earnings and delayed decisions before Tuesday's meeting of the  Federal Reserve on interest rates.
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NEW YORK  -Stocks fell on Friday on concerns that a White House effort to boost the economy would not be enough to forestall a recession, putting the S&P on track for its worst week in 5-1/2 years.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday, led by  declines in retail shares and news of a larger-than-expected  rise in U.S. producer prices last month that heightened  concerns of inflation and rising interest rates.
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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 .