Obama, Hu pitch different trade agendas (Reuters)

Reuters – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao presented dueling trade agendas as an antidote to weak global growth on Saturday at an APEC summit dominated by the countries’ growing rivalry. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Stock index futures signal bounce after selloff (Reuters)

Reuters – Stock index futures pointed to a rebound on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 1.1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.9 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 1 percent at 4:47 a.m. ET. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Banks lead Wall Street higher as Berlusconi eyes exit (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks closed higher on Tuesday for a second day in a row as late-day news about Europe sparked an afternoon rally that erased early weakness. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Asia shares fall after Greece coalition deal, Italy eyed (Reuters)

Reuters – Asian shares struggled on Monday, with investors still nervous despite the formation of a new Greek unity government intent on avoiding imminent debt default. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Futures fall after Merkel fund comments (Reuters)

Reuters – Stock index futures extended losses after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said hardly any countries in the Group of 20 industrialized nations said they will participate in the euro zone bailout fund. Yahoo! News: Business News
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World stocks, euro rise, look to Fed, G20 (Reuters)

Reuters – World stocks and the euro edged up on Wednesday after a rollercoaster week, as investors hoped for comfort on the weak U.S. economy and troubled euro zone from meetings of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Group of Twenty leaders. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Have you heard? Buy the dip (Reuters)

Reuters – With the S&P 500 about to end its best month in almost 40 years, many would be happy to cash in gains and start packing for the ski slopes. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Stock futures signal more gains for equities (Reuters)

Reuters – Stock futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, building on sharp gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.5 percent. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Earnings forecasts look less bright (Reuters)

Reuters – Prospects for corporate earnings are dimmer in the coming quarters — even though reports so far this quarter have been relatively bright. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Wall Street racks up second week of gains (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks scored their first back-to-back weekly gains since early July on Friday, on strong Google earnings and as investors kept riding the optimism for a solution to the euro zone’s debt crisis. Yahoo! News: Business News
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