Yahoo! News: Stock Markets NewsStock Markets NewsU.S. gasoline stocks fall to record low: EIA (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - U.S. gasoline stocks fell to a record low last week, posting the lowest supply level since at least 1990, when the government began issuing weekly inventory data.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/us_nm/mar... SEC issues rules against abusive short sales (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - New rules aimed against abusive naked short selling of stock in all publicly traded companies were issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/bs_nm/sho... SEC issues new rules on abusive short selling (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - New rules aimed against abusive naked short selling of stock in all publicly traded companies were issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/bs_nm/sec... HBOS shares in distress, FTSE stocks in spin (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - Shares in the top home-loan lender HBOS swung wildly on Wednesday amid a report it might be taken over, spinning London stocks into volatile uncertainty after an overnight rescue for US insurer AIG.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/wl_uk_af... Russian markets suspend trading after sharp falls (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - Russia's two leading stock markets suspended trading on Wednesday as stocks continued to fall sharply amid global market turmoil.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/bs_afp/s... Asian markets mixed after US bails out insurer AIG (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Asian stocks turned in a mixed performance Wednesday, giving up early gains as a U.S. plan to rescue troubled insurer AIG failed to persuade many investors that recent financial turmoil would soon ease.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_bi_... NY artist records public scorn on Wall Street (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - When controversy looms on Wall Street, chances are that Geoffrey Raymond isn't far behind, magic markers in hand.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_re_... HBOS bank shares plummet more than a third (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - The share price of bank HBOS tumbled by 35 percent in early morning trade here on Wednesday, dragging London's FTSE 100 leading shares index back into negative territory.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/wl_uk_af... London stocks open higher after AIG rescue (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - The London stock market climbed 0.25 percent in opening trading on Wednesday, after the US Federal Reserve announced a rescue package for American insurance giant AIG.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/wl_uk_af... Banks, lawmaker push SEC to curb illegal shorting (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - A U.S. banking group is pressing securities regulators to clamp down on illegal short-selling after weeks of heavy selling pressure on shares of financial companies.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/bs_nm/sec... |