AP - Stocks fell Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery.

Reuters - Wall Street edged lower on Friday, weighed down by energy shares as crude oil prices tumbled under pressure from a rising U.S. dollar.

AP - Britain's benchmark stock index was the only main market up Friday after the part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group issued a buoyant business update. Profit-taking after strong gains this week and renewed fears about the Greek debt crisis kept investors on edge elsewhere.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets advanced on Friday, with London boosted by British state-rescued bank Lloyds' forecast of a return to profit in 2010 after two years of losses.

AFP - Leading shares rose in early deals on Friday, boosted by state-rescued bank Lloyds' forecast of a return to profit in 2010 after two years of losses.

AFP - FTSE 100 shares ended in the red at the close of trade on Thursday as investors took profits and digested economic data including a larger-than-expected eurozone trade deficit.

AFP - Leading shares dipped at the open on Thursday as profit-takers moved to cash in on the previous day's gains.

Reuters - World stocks slipped back from recent closing highs on Thursday and the euro fell half a percent against the dollar on worries about Greece not receiving European Union aid.

AP - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Wednesday that the agency is investigating several companies' actions in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008.

AFP - Blockbuster shares plunged nearly 30 percent on Wednesday after the heavily indebted movie rental chain said it may be forced to declare bankruptcy.