Stocks Tumble, Greenspan Jolts Investors
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday as investors were jolted by a more than &#36;2 increase in oil prices, while Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave a stark reminder that interest rates were bound to go higher and warned the appetite for the dollar would dwindle.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday as  Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking before  Congress about the health of the economy, did little to quell  expectations for a rate hike later this month.
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U.S. stocks looked to open lower on  Thursday, a day after comments from Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan  did little to inspire investors and after Texas Instruments  Inc. gave a mixed business forecast.
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China's plunge and Greenspan's gloomy words spooked investors. But views on the economy's future are divided
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Stocks tumbled on Tuesday after a weaker-than-expected economic report and a sharp fall in China's main stock index unnerved investors after two consecutive days of Wall Street losses.
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Stocks plunged as investors grew more uneasy about the economy and about whether the Federal Reserve will take steps to prevent credit market problems from spreading.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday after  minutes from a December Federal Reserve meeting showed the  policy-making committee was concerned about the potential for  inflation, triggering investor worry about more rate increases.
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Stocks plunged Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down 200 points and erasing the gains from the past three sessions, as troubles for subprime lenders kept piling up and U.S. retail sales came in weaker than anticipated.
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U.S. Treasury prices slid on Friday  after Fed chief Alan Greenspan spooked investors with an  unusually direct reminder that interest rates were bound to  move higher.
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Stocks tumbled on Wednesday as a steep quarterly loss at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.  and executives' warnings about possible future problems deepened investors' concern about the credit crisis.
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NEW YORK - Investors were unmoved by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's improved assessment of the economy, with stocks falling narrowly Wednesday in light trading.    While Greenspan said the economy has "regained some traction" after the summer's slowdown, he echoed Wall Street's concerns over energy prices, which have fallen from record highs in recent weeks but stubbornly remain above $40 per barrel...
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Stocks dropped on Friday, with the Dow and S&P down 1 percent, as investors locked in profits after two days of sharp gains, with financial and defensive sectors among those leading declines.
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World stocks tumbled on Monday as fears gripped investors that a sliding U.S. economy would drag others down with it.
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Stocks headed for a slide at the open on Tuesday as fear of a recession gripped investors, prompting the Federal Reserve to slash benchmark U.S. interest rates by 75 basis points in a surprise intermeeting decision.
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Stocks slid sharply on Tuesday, joining a global equity rout on fears of a U.S. recession and pushing the Nasdaq into bear market territory.
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U.S. stocks dropped sharply on Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that AT&T  sees softness in its consumer business, sending shares of the phone company tumbling more than 6 percent and raising more fears about recession.
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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.