Stocks mark worst drop in months
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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 fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry sent financial services shares for their worst drop in a month.
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An unexpected drop in unemployment helped stocks post their first back-to-back gains in almost a month.
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Stocks fell sharply after retail sales fell in December and two large banks announced investments from overseas amid rising losses.
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US shares see their biggest drops in more than four months as worries about the housing market increase.
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On Wall Street, stocks had their worst weekly performance since January 2003.
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Stocks fell sharply after an economic report showed retail sales fell in December and two large banks announced big investments from overseas amid rising losses.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as energy  shares were dragged down by a drop of more than a $1 a barrel  in crude oil prices to a 3-month low.
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Stocks declined Monday, the last day of a volatile and difficult year on Wall Street.
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US stocks sank to their lowest since October 2006 on fears that a contraction in US manufacturing may tip the economy into recession.
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Japan's Nikkei hit a one-month low on  Wednesday as investors sold a broad range of shares, extending  losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output  data put a damper on the economy's outlook.
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Wall Street stocks ended sharply lower Wednesday as investors saw a surge in oil prices and disappointing profits from Morgan Stanley as reason to cash in profits from the gains of last month.
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Stocks suffered their worst one-day slide in more than eight months on Tuesday, driving the blue-chip Dow average down almost 200 points, after China's main equity index plunged on concerns that share valuations there had become overextended.
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Japanese stocks dropped, with benchmarks poised for their biggest slides in six months. Exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. led decline after the dollar plunged to its lowest against
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The leading shares index slumped to its lowest level for nearly four weeks as concerns over slowing economic growth in China and the US sent commodity stocks into a tailspin.
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Shares of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  fell 5.2 percent on Tuesday to their lowest levels in over a month after the London Stock Exchange  urged shareholders to reject a 2.7 billion pound ($5.27 billion) hostile bid from the largest U.S. electronic stock market.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as shares of  major oil companies tumbled after the price of crude fell more  than a $1 a barrel to a 3-month low.