Reuters - Bargain-hunting holiday shoppers did not save U.S. retail sales in November, which will likely represent a second straight month of declines for the industry.

Reuters - Asian equities slid on Tuesday after signs of a deepening global economic slump slammed stocks worldwide the previous day, driving benchmark U.S. Treasury yields to their lowest since the 1950s.

Reuters - Tata Steel unit Corus has applied for Dutch government financial aid to temporarily reduce the work hours of 4,600 workers to cope with the global economic slowdown, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Monday.

Reuters - U.S. automakers led by General Motors Corp on Monday rushed to finish restructuring plans demanded by Congress before lawmakers reopen the debate this week on the $25 billion in emergency funding the industry says it needs to survive.

Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Monday it will eliminate about 9,200 jobs at the former Washington Mutual Inc , which on September 25 became the largest U.S. bank to fail.

Reuters - Toronto's main stock index tumbled 864 points on Monday, its deepest net drop ever, as sliding commodity prices, gloomy U.S. economic news and the urge to take profits after six straight days of gains prompted a sell-off that hit every market sector.

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday urged decisive action to protect the economy and said the central bank had alternative tools it could employ to help as interest rates approach zero.

AP - Latin American stocks fell sharply on Monday, dragged down by confirmation in the United States that the world's biggest economy has been in a recession.

Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Monday as signs of a deepening economic slump around the world erased much of last week's sharp gains, with banks and retailers among Wall Street's biggest casualties.

AP - World stocks slumped Monday, giving up about half of last week's gains after a raft of weak economic data from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere renewed fears that the global economy is in the midst of a prolonged economic downturn.