Reuters - U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.

AP - Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic.

AFP - London's FTSE 100 index closed lower on Friday, ending a week which started with the index of leading shares striking a 2009 high.

AP - World stock markets fell Friday amid mounting concerns about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery following a disappointing earnings update from computer maker Dell Inc.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets steadied on Friday one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders said.

AFP - Stocks in London recovered slightly at the start of trading on Friday following sharp losses one day earlier.

Reuters - Chip stocks fell on Thursday after Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded the sector on a possible inventory correction, although two of Europe's top chipmakers were upbeat about recovery prospects.

AFP - 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 - 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 - London shares were falling on Thursday following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.