Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Japan stocks tumbled, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to a five-year low, as the slowing global economy dragged on export growth and the yen jumped to a five-year high against the euro.

June 25 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced after one of Nokia Oyj 's suppliers said mobile-phone demand is strengthening and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said he hasn't signaled a series of interest rate increases.

Shares of Lehman Brothers have plunged 13.6 per cent, bringing their total loss in the past four days to more than 25 per cent, on concerns about the potential for further write-downs and investors' declining confidence in the investment bank's manageme

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rallied, capping the best week since February for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after companies from Citigroup Inc. to Google Inc. to Caterpillar Inc. posted results that topped analysts' estimates.

Barclays , the U.K.'s fourth-largest bank by market value, advanced the most in two months after saying it was selling shares to institutions in China, Qatar, Singapore and Japan.