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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:31:05 GMT: Wealthy Dallas brothers become SEC fraud target (AP)

AP - Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:01:03 GMT: Stocks are mixed but had best month since July '09 (AP)
AP - WHAT A MONTH: The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's had their best month since July 2009 and their first winning month since this past April. Strong earnings were behind the big gains.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:48:28 GMT: Stocks end July with big gain; Dow gains 7.1 pct (AP)

AP - Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:46:17 GMT: Jobs data, earnings latest test for stocks (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level next week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:03:38 GMT: How the major stock indexes fared on Friday (AP)
AP - Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:45:12 GMT: Wall Street marks best month in a year in July (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:38:36 GMT: FTSE ends lower on US growth data (AFP)

AFP - Leading shares in London slipped lower on Friday after weaker-than-expected US growth figures stirred concern about the strength of the economic recovery, dealers said.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:30:56 GMT: Mutual Fund Buzz for July 30: Investors Still Favor Bond Funds (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - Investors still trust the safety of bond funds. June was another good month for fixed income. The Investment Company Institute reported that overall, mutual funds saw net inflows, mostly into bond funds. Bond funds experienced inflows of more than $20 billion--up about $6 billion from May. Meanwhile, stock funds saw more outflows. The WSJ reports that investors haven't consistently put money into stock funds since the market hit its low in March 2009. Low-yielding money market funds also continued to see outflows, which brings their total outflows for the year to more than $500 billion.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:59:06 GMT: Subdued US growth weighs on world markets (AP)

AP - European and U.S. stock markets dropped sharply Friday after figures showed the U.S. economy slowed faster than expected in the second quarter, further eroding confidence in the recovery in the world's largest economy.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:49:27 GMT: European stocks falter before US output data (AFP)

AFP - Europe's main stock markets fell on Friday as investors looked ahead to key economic growth figures from the United States, after dissecting news of a major takeover, company earnings and eurozone data.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:02:22 GMT: SEC accuses Dallas investors of insider trading (AP)
AP - Sam and Charles Wyly, Dallas billionaire investors known for their support of conservative candidates and causes, made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:46:19 GMT: Citigroup to pay $75 million to settle SEC charges (Reuters)

Reuters - Citigroup Inc will pay $75 million to settle charges that it failed to disclose subprime exposure to investors in 2007, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:50:15 GMT: Citigroup paying $75M to settle civil charges (AP)

AP - Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:52:47 GMT: SEC charges Wyly brothers with $550 million fraud (Reuters)
Reuters - The Securities and Exchange Commission charged billionaire Samuel Wyly and his brother Charles with fraud for reaping more than $550 million of illicit gains by trading stock in four companies while they were serving as directors.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:53:18 GMT: A look at global economic developments (AP)
AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:42:07 GMT: Cisco briefly halted after circuit breaker (Reuters)
Reuters - Trading in Cisco Systems Inc shares was briefly halted on Thursday after triggering a circuit breaker.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:57:09 GMT: CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)
Reuters - Proposed Canadian regulations to cut emissions from cars and trucks may have little to no effect as early "action credits" banked by automakers may be able to carry them through the compliance period, an environmental think tank said on Thursday.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:27:27 GMT: FTSE 100 edges up in early deals (AFP)

AFP - London's leading shares rose slightly at the start of trading on Thursday as positive corporate earnings figures countered weak US economic data.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:33:55 GMT: RIM shares up on reports of new BlackBerry (AFP)

AFP - Shares in Canada's Research in Motion surged Wednesday on reports the BlackBerry maker plans to release a new smartphone next week to rival Apple's iPhone.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:23:04 GMT: Soros to buy 4 pct stake in Bombay bourse: report (AFP)

AFP - Billionaire investor George Soros is close to sealing a 40-million-dollar deal to buy Dubai Holding's 4.0 percent stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Financial Times reported Wednesday.