Stocks Lower; British Lender Tumbles
251051
Asian and European stocks fell on Monday while sterling hit a one-year low as concerns over financing for banks grew after UK mortgage lender Northern Rock  tapped the Bank of England for an emergency loan last week.
262999
Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew that a plan by global central banks to thaw credit markets could work, sending financial shares lower.
283626
Stocks fell on Friday after liquidity trouble at a UK mortgage lender put financial stocks back in the hot seat, while downgrades of Intel Corp  and American Express Co  weighed down blue chips.
506301
Financial companies led Wall Street lower on Thursday after a sharp drop in Bank of America Corp's  earnings stoked worries about the extent the credit crunch has hurt the economy and profits.
209153
Stock futures pointed to a lower open on Monday as embattled British bank Northern Rock's  troubles mounted, adding to global credit concerns before an expected U.S. interest rate cut this week.
83350
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.
20112
Mortgage lenders and homebuilders were the big losers in UK stock markets on Friday, dragging the FTSE indices lower, after news of house price falls combined with Northern Rock&#39;s difficulties to send investors running for the exits.
315615
UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after disappointing inflation data with Alliance & Leicester down after reporting a fall in core operating profit, held back by large scale write-downs.
571438
World stocks edged lower on Tuesday while Wall Street was set for a weaker open as investors remained cautious over the health of the U.S. economy after a fallout in U.S. risky mortgages and credit turmoil.
569223
Stock futures declined on Monday, suggesting a lower opening for Wall Street, hit by weakness in global markets and concern that credit problems may be having a wider impact on earnings.
346231
Stocks traded lower on Tuesday, after rumors of more financial problems at Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, sent housing-related shares down sharply, extinguishing a rally on Wall Street.
184174
London shares closed lower, depressed by a weak morning by Wall Street as concerns over high oil prices and a weaker dollar continued to weigh on sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic, dealers said.
232303
Stocks dropped on Wednesday, pushing the Dow industrial average below 12,000 for the first time since November on worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market.
358096
Stocks fell yesterday as heavy withdrawals from the British bank Northern Rock reignited concern over the cost of credit and sent the Standard & Poorâs 500-stock index down for the first time in five days.
359685
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.
139380
Stocks slid on Wednesday as worries grew about how far troubles in the subprime mortgage market could spread, a day after Bear Stearns said two hedge funds with big bets on the sector were nearly worthless.
534486
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after a warning about U.S. subprime mortgage lending from Britain's HSBC  sparked a sell-off in financial stocks and investors worried that fallout from the housing slowdown may be far from over.