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 Asian stocks fell 2-3 percent on Monday, led by shares of exporters, after a hectic weekend in Europe as the financial crisis gathered steam there, knocking the euro to the lowest in a year.   Concerns about whether the $700 billion rescue plan, which was approved by the U.S.

It’s interesting that Wells Fargo came in and sniped Wachovia from Citi. Capitalism is still alive and well. I got up at 3:30 AM, glanced at the action and promptly went back to bed. Today will be a defensive day for me, trying to rest after playing a hard offense that was surprisingly weak.  My A game hasn’t been evident for the past couple of days.

Asian stocks fell while the yen rose to a two-year high against the euro on Friday on fears the $700 billion financial rescue bill still needing final U.S. government approval may not be enough to keep the global economy from falling into recession.   The flow of credit remained practically frozen in money markets, leading to a scramble for U.S.

* Funding squeeze pushes up U.S. dollar   * Commodity prices tumble on view of slower global growth   * Bailout vote uncertain in the House of Representatives (Repeats to additional subscribers with no change to text)    Asian stocks fell while the yen rose to a two-year high against the euro on Friday on fears the $700 billion financial rescue bill still needing final U.S.

I stayed up all night last night trading the Asian and European markets.  I sold a lot of euros…a lot.  I put on a lot of option positions, and bought treasuries, and traded a lot of swaps.  Today, I puked out of my grains and sugar, needing to free up some cash to extend my euro line.  So far, so good.

Update 1:00 p.m. CDT: The Dow is down by 277 points, so I guess the Senate's passage of the rescue bill isn't comforting investors too much. Goldman Sachs is down by about five bucks (4%), and Google is down by around 18, or 4.5-ish%.Asian stocks closed mixed today, as investors digest news of the

The dollar surged and U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday, recouping more than half the losses sustained from Wall Street’s worst day in 20 years, on growing optimism Washington will find a way to rescue troubled banks.   In sign U.S.

One of the nation's most well-known business groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has unveiled a new set of recommendations for how the next president and Congress should deal with the country's energy problems. The "Blueprint for Securing America's Energy Future" runs more than 70 pages and includes recommendations that even some in the environmental community might support.

The Toronto stock market was up close to 400 points in late morning trading Tuesday, recovering somewhat from Monday’s record-setting loss as oil rebounded and investors awaited news on the potential of a compromise U.S. financial-sector bailout plan.

Japan’s Nikkei stock average fell 0.4 percent on Monday, losing earlier gains as investor caution about the execution of a U.S. bailout plan for the financial sector outweighed relief that a deal was getting done.