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Socks fell to their lowest level in 10 weeks on Tuesday as talk of a second government stimulus plan heightened fears that the economy is not yet on the path to recovery and that the corporate earnings season starting this week will be weak.

Stocks tumbled on Tuesday, sending the Nasdaq briefly down 2 percent, as investors worried that the economy remains far from a robust recovery that would underpin corporate profits.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as talk of a second government stimulus plan stirred fears that the economy is far from well, raising the specter of an anemic second quarter earnings season.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as talk of a second government stimulus plan stirred fears that the economy is nowhere near recovery, raising the specter of an anemic second-quarter earnings season.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of earnings season, and talk of a second stimulus package underscored worries about the U.S. economic recovery.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of earnings season, and talk of a second stimulus package underscored worries about the U.S. economic recovery.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat open on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of corporate earnings results, and talk for the need of a second fiscal stimulus package underscored worries about the U.S. economic recovery.

Futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Tuesday as the price of oil broke a four-session losing streak, which could lift energy shares, but investors remained cautious ahead of the start of earnings season.

Wall Street was set for a lower open on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.5 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT.

World stocks ticked lower for a fourth consecutive day toward a two-week low on Tuesday while the low-yielding yen rose as doubts persisted over how sustainable a global economic recovery would be.

Asian stocks edged up slightly on Tuesday but struggled after a slide the previous day, while the yen held gains against higher-yielding currencies as investors doubt the speed of the global economy's recovery.

Asian stocks edged up slightly on Tuesday but struggled after a slide the previous day, while the yen held gains against higher-yielding currencies as investors doubt the speed of the global economy's recovery.

Maurice Hank Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group Inc , fabricated documents and lied under oath in a bid to rewrite history and cloud who is the rightful beneficiary of a valuable block of AIG stock, AIG lawyer Ted Wells told a federal jury on Monday.

The Dow industrials rose and the S&P 500 rebounded in late trading on Monday as investors' concerns about the strength of an economic recovery triggered a move into defensive stocks.

The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Monday as concerns about the strength and timing of an economic recovery kept pressure on commodity prices and lifted defensive stocks.

The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 fell on Monday as concerns about the strength of an economic recovery kept pressure on stocks and commodity prices.

U.S. stock indexes fell on Monday as investor concerns about the potential strength and timing of an economic recovery weighed on stocks and pressured crude oil prices.

U.S. stocks fell on Monday as investors worried about the potential strength and timing of an economic recovery, sending oil prices and energy shares lower.

U.S. stocks fell on Monday as investors worried about the potential strength and timing of an economic recovery, sending oil prices and energy shares lower.

The Nasdaq fell 1 percent on Monday while the Dow and S&P 500 indexes dropped near session lows as investors fretted about the economy's recovery prospects.

Wall Street was poised to fall nearly 1 percent at the open on Monday, weighed by worries about the potential strength and timing of an economic recovery as a slump in oil prices was set to pressure energy shares.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Monday with a slide in oil prices set to weigh on energy shares and as investors remained anxious about the potential strength of the economic recovery.

Stock futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday following a long weekend, as oil tumbled nearly $3 a barrel on mounting doubts over a quick economic recovery.

Markets got off to a hesitant start Monday as investor doubts on the staying power of a global recovery kept Asian stocks soggy and currencies subdued ahead of a much-expanded Group of Eight meeting this week.

Wall Street may be down on its luck, but China's growing business hub, Shanghai, plans to install its own version of the Street's famed charging bull statue, casting in metal its hopes to eventually rival New York.

World stocks fell on Friday after a disappointing U.S. jobs report and a sluggish euro zone services sector survey reinforced expectations that the process of recovery in the global economy would be long and slow.

With Wall Street stuck in a range since May, the start of second-quarter earnings season next week could prove to be a decisive factor for determining how much faith investors should have in an economic recovery.

Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery prospects.

Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery prospects.