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11/29/2011

Foreign markets make U.S. stocks look good

The U.S. stock market hasn't been much to write home about, with the Standard & Poor's 500 coming off a rough two weeks that left it down 7.9% for 2011. But that beats the pounding investors who strayed outside the U.S. have gotten.

9/23/2011

G20 pledges to help maintain financial stability

European shares edged up from 26-month lows on Friday and the euro rose after the G20 major economies pledged to preserve financial stability, but risk sentiment remained fragile on fears of renewed recession in the developed world.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a tentative recovery on Wall Street after finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 said they would take "all steps necessary" to calm the global financial system and said central banks were ready to provide liquidity.