Dow sinks 226 on mortgage market worries (AP)
AP - Wall Street pulled back sharply Tuesday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and rising concerns about the mortgage market. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points.
S&P keeps “on hold” rating on struggling Basis Capital hedge funds (AFP)
AFP - Rating agency Standard & Poor's maintained its 'on hold' rating Tuesday for two hedge funds operated by Australia's Basis Capital that are exposed to the troubled US sub-prime mortgage market.
Earnings misses, subprime woes punish Wall Street (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, battered by disappointing results from such bellwethers as Caterpillar and Google, and more signals that fallout from the risky subprime mortgage market may spread.
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