World stock markets facing MidEast-led shake-up
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Global stock markets faced a radical shake-up on Thursday after Gulf states Qatar and the United Arab Emirates attempted to propel themselves into the heart of major western bourses.
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Once Wall Street stalwarts, the future of Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are now being questioned - a sign of the broad changes in the financial landscape in recent years.
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The government-controlled stock exchange in Dubai is expected to announce that it will take significant ownership stakes in the Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange.
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Stock markets around the world plummeted today, as a financial crisis that began in the market for U.S. home mortgages spread to almost all corners of the global economy.
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All eyes on Wall Street after European and Asian stock markets slump
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U.S. stocks tumbled for a second day  on Thursday as Middle East violence pushed oil to a record and  drove investors to safe-haven assets, such as bonds and gold.
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Israelis and Palestinians are in the midst of rapidly evolving events that could lead to a period of instability in both camps, but could also usher in the changes necessary to resume peace negotiations.
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The Tehran Stock Exchange has performed magnificently, but the market's list of risks is outsized.
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Asian and European stock markets headed down again Wednesday after a broad global sell-off the day before that included a more than 3 percent drop in the Dow Jones industrial average and the loss worldwide of an estimated trillion dollars in equity.
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News Corp.&#39;s shift will improve trading liquidity and give better access to US capital markets. The company, which already has a secondary listing in London, will also seek a listing on the Australian Stock
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A credit-strapped world turns to the funds of the Middle East and Asia.
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Middle East peace could make Israeli stocks more appealing.
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World finance chiefs meeting in Washington this week will express satisfaction with a rebounding global economy, but also highlight risks from surging oil prices, turmoil in Iraq and other factors.
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Business risk is something that anyone involved in commerce has to assess on a daily basis. But last week saw several major shifts in geo-politics that will impact on the outlook for Middle East business in the years to come.
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NEW YORK  -This week could mark the end of the bull market for Wall Street, with U.S. stocks likely to join a global equity market plunge triggered by fears of a U.S. recession.
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The stark sell-off that sent global stock prices plummeting  brought renewed concern that the equity markets in China and India might be overvalued.
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Uncertainty over the future of embattled Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and his economic reforms sent the country's markets into a spin this week in the wake of the worst unrest since the end of communism.