U.S. stock funds take in net $6.3 bln in Aug.-ICI
Reuters - As the U.S. stock market declined in the month, the stock fund flows slowed from the July pace of $10.0 billion

Vietnam to ease stock limits
CNN - HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) -- Vietnam will raise the foreign stock ownership limit in listed firms to 49 percent from 30 percent from late next month, in a bid to stir interest in the country's tiny stock market. lure foreign investors to the stock market, which is capitalized at only

LUKOIL, Conoco plan joint acquisitions abroad
Reuters - major source of fear for investors in the Russian stock market since the collapse of YUKOS (YUKO.RTS: , , ) under a huge

New Robertson-backed fund tests'liquidity theory'
Reuters - The theory assumes that the primary driver of the stock market isn't earnings, a commonly held view, but by changes in

Fannie Mae shares plunge on accounting report
Reuters - slide wiped out more than $4 billion of the stock's market value. David Dreman, who held 8.3 million shares of Fannie

Stocks edge higher as crude oil prices pull back
MSNBC - economic effects of hurricanes Rita and Katrina."The stock market is going nowhere slowly," said Hugh Johnson, chairman

Stocks rise, technology leads gains
Reuters - futures came off the highs of the day,'said Paul Cherney, president of paulcherney.com, a stock market analysis firm

WebMD Stock Surges After I.P.O
New York Times - WASHINGTON (AP) -- The stock of health information Web site WebMD Health Corp. rose as much as 71 percent in its first day of trading, Thursday. shares traded at $25.50 in midday trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company priced 6.9 million shares at the high

Red Hat up on raised outlook, strong quarter
SiliconValley.com - NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- The stock of Red Hat Inc., or 30 percent, to close at $21.44 on the Nasdaq Stock Market -- above the prior 52-week high of $17.23 set Wednesday