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Stocks tumbled Friday after the Labor Department said hiring remains weak and Hungary became the latest European country to report its economy is in crisis.

Investors booked gains on last week’s rally and turned cautious about claims that the global economy is past the worst and ready to recover.

Beijing could have used the crisis as an excuse to slow market reform. Instead, it's all systems go.

Stocks climbed as companies continued to report stronger-than-forecast results, though new data offered mixed signals on an economic recovery.

Investors were buoyed by comments on the US economy from the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and sent stocks mostly higher Monday.

In the global descent into recession, Japan continues to lead the way.

Financial stocks lead a pullback as investors look for clues about the economy.

Major U.S. stock market indexes tumbled more than 3% today to their lowest levels in more than a decade as confidence in the financial system and the overall economy continued to deteriorate.

Falling 89 points isn't a dramatic one-day drop, but last time index closed lower was March '03.

It was the market’s second day of advances in the face of news showing the economy falling deeper into recession.