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Car-sharing concern Zipcar Inc. filed plans for an initial public offering of stock, a deal that could be a draw for investors looking for a business with a dash of eco-consumerism.

Stock futures tumbled Tuesday after the euro fell to a new four-year low....

Fitch cut Spain’s credit rating, saying that the country’s debt will probably weigh on the country’s growth.

Shares rose as Chinese officials said Europe would remain one of their most important markets for investment.

Better-than-expected orders for U.S.-made manufactured goods lead equities higher in morning trading.

The Dow Jones industrials plunged below 10,000 Tuesday after traders dumped stocks on worries about the global economy and tensions between North and South Korea.

The stock market tumbled again Thursday after another drop in the euro and disappointing U.S. employment news darkened investors already bleak view of the world economy. Interest rates fell sharply in the Treasury market as investors once again sought the safety of U.S. government debt.

The European economy was once again the focus of Wall Street Wednesday morning after Germany enacted a ban on a certain form of short-selling. Europe's monetary woes have dragged on U.S. equity markets for months as investors weigh the potential long-term impact of a sluggish economy in the region and the possibility that this slowness could upend the global financial recovery. Stateside economic data on consumer prices, meanwhile, continues to point to a slow--but steady--recovery. Stronger than expected earnings reports from Hewlett-Packard, Deere and Target did little to lift stocks in early trading.

Germany's market regulator is poised to ban some forms of short-selling at 10 important financial institutions.

U.S. stock exchanges and regulators will likely propose market-wide safeguards to be launched in a six-month pilot program, starting June 14.