Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- AMP Ltd. , Australia's biggest provider of pension plans, said first-half profit declined 22 percent as investors shunned managed funds and markets slumped.

U.S. equity markets had a rare up day Wednesday with all indices moving into the black.

Malcolm Morrison, The Canadian Press August 25, 2008 - 4:35 p.m. TORONTO - Worries about the financial sector helped send North American stock markets sharply lower Monday.

ZURICH, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Swiss insurer Baloise posted a worse-than-expected 42 percent drop in first-half net profit on Wednesday due to losses on investments and said it expected financial markets to remain volatile this year. First-half net profit fell to 274 million Swiss francs ($431.3 million), well below the average forecast of 388 million francs in a Reuters survey. "The year 2008 will ...

TORONTO - Worries about the financial sector helped send North American stock markets sharply lower Monday.

(RTTNews) - The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed on Wednesday, as Wall Street provided a mixed lead after negative investor sentiment due to higher oil prices offset positive sentiment generated by better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence.

The markets traded flat through most of the session, but weakened in the last hour due to the rollover of short positions in index futures and weak rollovers in stock futures.

(RTTNews) - The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region were trading mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street closed mixed overnight as higher oil prices offset better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence.

SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Asian stock markets were mixed on Wednesday, with exporter shares down as the U.S. and euro zone economies sputtered though investors found some value in companies dependent on domestic growth.

By Andrew E. Kramer THE NEW YORK TIMES The effects of Russia’s first foreign war as a capitalist country rippled Tuesday through the Moscow stock markets, which dipped to their lowest level since 2006. The loss of billions of dollars in paper value is confronting the Kremlin with a dimension to its geopolitical posturing that never existed during the Cold War, even as Russia seemed to be ...