Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday for the first session of the quarter, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.54 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.49 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.52 percent at 3.41 a.m. ET.

AP - A man who for years tried to warn federal financial regulators that Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme says the Securities and Exchange Commission is getting better at policing the industry, but needs to improve even more.

Reuters - Optimism about an improving labor market and corporate profits could propel U.S. stocks higher this week as earnings season approaches.

Reuters - Stock index futures rose slightly on Monday, the first trading day after government data showed the economy added the largest number of jobs in three years, boosting hopes of a turnaround in the economy.

Reuters - Asian stock markets rose to three-month highs on Tuesday, extending a two-week rally fueled by strong U.S. economic data and a seeming thaw in U.S.-China tensions over the yuan.

Reuters - U.S. securities regulator may formulate a plan to improve oversight of high-frequency trading by keeping track of executed transactions, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters - Asian stocks fell on Thursday after racking up strong gains in recent weeks, while the euro slipped further as Greece's borrowing costs reached a new high.

Reuters - Asian stocks edged closer to a 22-month high on Friday, supported by strong U.S. retail sales data, while the yen retreated against major currencies after rising the previous day on talk that China is likely to allow a modest appreciation in the yuan.

AFP - The opening floodgates of earnings season and a packed economic calendar next week will test Wall Street optimism that has fueled a sixth consecutive week of gains.

Reuters - U.S. stock investors will watch the earnings numbers flow in this week to see how much momentum the rally can get from early profit reports.

Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, helped in part by easing worries over sovereign debt after euro zone finance ministers approved a massive aid plan for debt-stricken Greece.

Reuters - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fall 0.1 to 0.3 percent, pointing to a weaker start on Wall Street on Tuesday.

AP - Stocks mostly rose in Asia on Wednesday on investors optimism that better-than-expected first quarter results from Intel Corp. will usher in a strong earnings season.

AP - Asian stock markets mostly gained Thursday after China reported strong first quarter economic growth and earnings from JPMorgan Chase & Co exceeded expectations.

AP - Asian stock markets fell Friday as investors mulled whether the region's strong economic growth so far this year could trigger inflation and higher interest rates.

AP - WALL STREET POWERHOUSE ACCUSED OF FRAUD: The government says Goldman Sachs & Co. sold mortgage investments without telling the buyers that the securities were crafted with input from a client who was betting on them to fail. Goldman denies the civil fraud allegations.

Reuters - Germany and the UK will seek details from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the activities of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as a prelude to potential legal steps following a U.S.-led fraud investigation.

Reuters - Asian stocks suffered their biggest loss in 10 weeks on Monday after U.S. regulators filed fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and China clamped down harder on property speculation, giving investors an excuse to take profits after markets had rallied to multi-month highs.

AFP - Insurance giant AIG may pursue Goldman Sachs on losses from six billion dollars of insurance deals similar to those that prompted recent SEC fraud charges, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.

The Christian Science Monitor - Republican lawmakers on Tuesday raised concerns that the lawsuit in the Goldman Sachs SEC case, filed on Friday, may be more about politics than securities law.

Reuters - Asian stocks fell on Thursday as several major U.S. firms issued disappointing outlooks, casting doubts on the strength of a global recovery, and as investors grew impatient for action on Greece's debt crisis, weighing on the euro.

AFP - Leading shares opened higher at the start of trading on Friday, recovering some of yesterday's losses, as investors awaited the latest figures on Britain's economic growth.

Reuters - Wall Street is heading into another earnings blitz this week and the prospects of strong results from bellwethers like Caterpillar Inc and 3M Co should propel indexes to new recovery highs.

AP - Stock futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Wall Street Monday as investors awaited Caterpillar Inc.'s earnings report and forecast for the rest of the year.

AP - Most Asian stock markets dropped Tuesday as worries about Greece's rescue plan and China's measures to slow its economy held investors back.

Reuters - The euro tumbled to a one-year low against the dollar and Asian stocks fell as cuts in Greece and Portugal's credit ratings set off a flight to safety on fears that the euro zone's debt problems are spreading.

AP - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after two days of selling, but investors were treading cautiously after Spain became the third European country this week hit with a downgrade of its debt.

Reuters - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, as sovereign debt worries in the euro-zone soothed, while investors awaited the advance reading of first-quarter gross domestic product.