Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks fell, capping their worst monthly slide in a decade, as commodity and finance companies dropped on lower gold and oil prices and concern that profits will be hurt by a recession.

May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, sending the region's benchmark index to its steepest gain in almost two weeks, on speculation that turmoil in global credit markets will ease and as sales of cars and chips increased.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Temasek Holdings Pte , the $130 billion group that has almost doubled bank investments since 2004, this week raised its bet on financial companies by agreeing to buy at least $542 million of Standard Chartered Plc shares.

Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks had the biggest weekly gain in a month, led by banks and raw-material producers, as concern eased that losses in the financial industry will worsen and higher metals prices lifted mining shares.

Lehman Brothers' shares surged 10.5 percent on Friday, snapping back after five days of declines, as investors looking for cheap stocks bought shares and some short-sellers closed out their positions.