World Market Links

Stocks close out week with modest declines

10 Feb 2012 at 2:29pm
It was a day of reckoning for the stock market.

First Solar shares plunge after project delay

10 Feb 2012 at 10:35am
Shares in First Solar fell nearly 9% Friday after the solar panel maker and project developer rep...

Emerging markets have their mojo back

10 Feb 2012 at 10:35am
Stocks are soaring this year. Everywhere. And if you think the rally has been big in the U.S., ju...

Greece must do 'whatever it takes'

10 Feb 2012 at 1:15pm
The Greek government faces a crucial test this weekend as the nation's parliament is set to vote ...

Big banks' bloated mortgage tab

9 Feb 2012 at 3:15pm
Not to be outdone by the U.S. attorneys general, four other federal agencies were quick to lay cl...

Blasts rock Syria's second city

10 Feb 2012 at 11:55am
At least 28 people have been killed by bombs targeting security forces compounds in Syria's secon...

Greek cabinet approves new cuts

10 Feb 2012 at 3:32pm
Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailou...

Argentina in UK 'nuclear' claim

10 Feb 2012 at 3:18pm
Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, and makes an...

Obama changes contraception rule

10 Feb 2012 at 10:58am
US President Barack Obama says insurers - and not religious institutions - will provide contracep...

Russian 'sold CIA missile data'

10 Feb 2012 at 9:42am
A senior officer at Russia's Plesetsk space station is jailed for 13 years after being convicted ...