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The Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to a sweeping Wall Street reform bill that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to bail out financial institutions. It was the bill's first amendment.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to a sweeping Wall Street reform bill that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to bail out financial institutions. It was the bill's first amendment.

The Senate was expected to vote by Wednesday afternoon on a new orderly liquidation system for dismantling distressed financial firms that will exclude a proposed $50 billion fund to help pay for it, according to the Senate's chief author of Wall Street reform.

U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday on worries that Greece's debt crisis could spread to other euro zone nations, but losses were pared as some investors looked for bargains a day after a hefty sell-off.

U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday on worries that Greece's debt crisis could spread to other euro zone nations, but losses were pared as some investors looked for bargains a day after a hefty sell-off.

U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday on worries that Greece's debt crisis could spread to other euro zone nations, but losses were capped as investors looked for bargains a day after a hefty sell-off.

U.S. stocks fell for a second day on Wednesday as Greece's sovereign debt crisis spread and Moody's Investors Service warned Portugal could be next to have its debt downgraded.

Shares in media conglomerate News Corp fell more than 9 percent in early trading on Wednesday as investors appeared to be dissatisfied with the company's full-year profit outlook.

Wall Street was set for a lower open on Wednesday as continued jitters about Greece's sovereign debt crisis and its potential to spread overshadowed data showing jobs growth in the U.S. private sector.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday as investors continued to anxiously eye the Greek sovereign debt crisis and its potential contagion.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday as investors continued to anxiously eye the Greek sovereign debt crisis and its potential contagion.

Investors dumped stocks on Tuesday in Wall Street's worst session in three months on the fear that even with a bailout for Greece, Europe's debt crisis could spread to other weak euro zone countries.

Investors dumped U.S. stocks on Tuesday in Wall Street's worst session in three months on the fear that even with a bailout for Greece, Europe's debt crisis could spread to other weak euro zone countries.

Investors dumped U.S. stocks on Tuesday as fears grew that the financial rescue package for Greece might not be enough to prevent a sovereign debt crisis from spreading to other weak euro zone countries.

The U.S. Senate will cast its first votes on Tuesday on a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, with passage of a handful of uncontroversial amendments expected and a key procedural question still unsettled.

U.S. stocks were set for a sharply lower open on Tuesday as Greece's debt problems continued to rattle investors and after a broad rally in the previous session that took the S&P 500 to its biggest day in two months.

U.S. stock index futures sank on Tuesday on continued worries over Greece's financial state and after a broad rally in the previous session that took the S&P 500 to its biggest day in two months.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday after a broad rally in the previous that took the S&P 500 to its best day in two months as investors fretted over whether Greece could make deep spending cuts.

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were down 0.3 to 0.4 percent, pointing to a weaker start on Wall Street on Tuesday.

NYSE Euronext reported a 26 percent increase in quarterly profit as its growing derivatives operation offset sluggish stock trading.

Optimism about the recovering U.S. economy failed to spill over into European stock markets on Tuesday as investors remained jittery about whether Greece's aid package will work.

The dollar rose on Tuesday as U.S. data showed factories running at their fastest pace in nearly six years, but stocks gains were reined in by worries about Greece's bailout and China's policy tightening.

NYSE Euronext said on Tuesday its quarterly profit rose 26 percent, matching expectations as its growing derivatives operation offset sluggish stock trading at the exchange operator.

S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies, part of McGraw-Hill Co's Standard & Poor's, has launched a new credit score tool that lets users compare credit profiles of more than 26,000 companies worldwide.

U.S. stocks rose broadly on Monday as data showed the economy's recovery remained on track, and details of a European financial rescue package for Greece provided a measure of relief.

U.S. stocks rose on Monday as data indicated the economy was on firmer footing, and details of a European financial rescue package for Greece provided a measure of relief.

U.S. stocks rose on Monday as the latest manufacturing data suggested the economy was on firmer footing, and details of a European financial rescue package for Greece provided relief.

U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as details of a financial rescue package for Greece provided relief and data showed a steady rise in consumer spending.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as investors welcomed details of a fiscal aid package for Greece and focused on a merger that would create the world's largest airline.