Stocks tumble on euro-zone fears

Stocks tumbled about 2 percent on Tuesday, tracking a sell-off in global equities, on worries over Europe's banking sector and as short-term funding costs soared. European markets were on edge after three-month

Stocks hit 8-1/2 month low

World and emerging stocks slid to their lowest since Sept 2009 and the euro and oil fell on Tuesday on worries over the euro zone banking sector and concerns over tensions on

Shareholders sue BP for spill liability

Shareholders have sued the board of BP Plc (BP.L) for failing to monitor safety and exposing the company to potentially enormous liability related to the Deepwater spill disaster in the Gulf of