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NEW YORK (AFP) - Key housing sector data may provide direction for Wall Street in the coming week as the market looks for confirmation of economic recovery and girds for the year-end holiday period. Full Story »

NEW YORK (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. Full Story »

SALT LAKE CITY - Overstock.com Inc. said Friday that it received a listing rule violation letter Thursday from the Nasdaq Stock Market related to the recent filing of its third-quarter report. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market. Full Story »

Stocks fell for a third straight day Friday as a disappointing outlook from computer maker Dell Inc. suggested that an economic recovery could be uneven. Full Story »

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell on Friday as weaker oil prices, caused partly by a stronger U.S. dollar, weighed on resource issues, including Suncor Energy Inc. Full Story »

NEW YORK (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. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext , LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week. Full Story »

A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: Full Story »

LONDON (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. Full Story »

LONDON - 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. Full Story »

NEW YORK (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. Full Story »

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

LONDON (AFP) - Stocks in London recovered slightly at the start of trading on Friday following sharp losses one day earlier. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - 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. Full Story »

BARCELONA/SAN FRANCISCO (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. Full Story »

LONDON (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. Full Story »