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DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Stock-index futures point toward a sharply lower opening for Wall Street Tuesday,
with a steep fall in Europe and continuing worries about rising oil prices
expected to start the third quarter on a negative note.
Dow Jones Industrial futures were off 111 points to 11228.
S&P 500 futures were down 13 points to [...]

By Jed Horowitz
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Enough already with the cliches about the perfect storm.
For the big investment banks, it’s almost a cataclysm.
Let’s start with the basics. When the broad equity market suffers, brokerage
stocks inevitably do worse. (When it rains on the market, in that storm analogy,
it [...]

Keeping score
How 10 investing themes for 2008 are performing, and what’s changed
By Jonathan Burton, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6/20/2008 5:17:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Oil prices were below $100 a barrel and the Dow
Jones Industrial Average was above 13,000 last November when MarketWatch wrote
about 10 investments to consider for this year.
What a difference seven months, a credit [...]

U.S. futures edge lower with Lehman, AIG in view
By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6/16/2008 8:23:00 AM
LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures moved slightly lower on Monday as
investors await the opportunity to pore over an expected $2.8 billion loss from
Lehman Brothers and react to American International Group ousting Martin Sullivan
as chief executive.
S&P 500 futures fell 0.80 [...]

Tokyo, Seoul lower; oil shares zip higher
By Chris Oliver, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6/8/2008 10:35:00 PM
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian indexes clocked heavy losses Monday, with
blue-chip automotive and technology companies lower following a sharp sell-off in
New York Friday. Energy-related shares such as Inpex Holding were among the few
bright spots as crude-oil prices hovered near $138 a barrel.
Japan’s [...]