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.

US stocks tumbled on Monday as uneasiness about the prospect of more losses from the mortgage crisis bruised shares of banks and the two big US home finance companies.

(RTTNews) - Australia's sharemarket is poised for a lower open on Friday, following steep losses on Wall Street overnight. U.S. stocks plummeted after disappointing earnings figures from AIG and weak guidance from Wal-Mart, as well as worse-than-expected

Global stock markets went into a dizzying fall as the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers sparked fears that more bad news is on the horizon for the finance sector and the economy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets around the world plummeted today and oil prices plunged to their lowest in more than a year on growing fears that governments, central banks and finance ministers could be powerless to stop a global downturn that will slam