U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after Hewlett-Packard posted reassuring results and bank shares rebounded, even as investors dumped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on fears of an imminent government bailout of the housing finance companies.

June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's stocks fell, sending the benchmark index to its longest losing streak this year, on mounting doubts about the financial health of developers and consumer-finance companies.

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks tumbled by the most in two months after the European Central Bank said it will toughen criteria for lending. HBOS Plc led a retreat by banks.

U.S. stocks tumbled Wednesday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index into its first bear market since 2002, on growing concern the biggest mortgage finance companies may not weather the housing slump. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac led financial shares to

July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Most U.S. stocks fell, completing the longest streak of weekly declines in four years, after a reduced sales forecast by Nvidia Corp.