Downbeat Dell weighs on world markets (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:01 GMT A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Rio Tinto unit Cloud Peak falls in NYSE debut (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:59 GMT Reuters - Cloud Peak Energy Inc , a unit of Rio Tinto Plc, fell in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after its shares priced below expectations in the U.S. coal miner's initial public offering.

European stocks steady in midday trade (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:48 GMT View of the Paris stock exchange, the Bourse, and the Eiffel tower. Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders say.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)

London stocks recover at open (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:46:57 GMT A man walks past an electronic display board showing the FTSE 100 share index in London. Stocks in London recovered slightly at the start of trading following sharp losses one day earlier.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

SEC told to improve ways it chooses probe targets (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:42:49 GMT AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission must tighten its process for deciding which investment advisers to inspect if it is to avoid colossal breakdowns like the one that allowed Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud to go undetected for 16 years, the agency's inspector general says.

Chip stocks fall on downgrade, CEOs talk recovery (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:44 GMT A man walks past Intel motherboard displays during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh

FTSE 100 slips on OECD warnings (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:54:44 GMT The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades after some mixed data and forecasts.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

Indian billionaires bounce back: Forbes (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:15 GMT The head of India's biggest company Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, seen here in 2008, is once again the wealthiest person in India. The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)

Chip stocks fall on BofA Merrill downgrades (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:48 GMT Reuters - Semiconductor stocks fell sharply after BofA Merrill Lynch turned bearish on the industry and downgraded several chipmakers, including Intel Corp , citing a modest rise in inventories.

FTSE 100 down in early trade (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:16:58 GMT London shares were falling following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)