NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Tuesday as hurricane fears lifted oil prices and boosted energy shares, blunting the effect of a report that showed a growing number of problem U.S. banks.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Troubled US banking giant Citigroup has agreed to buy back 7.5 billion dollars' worth of tainted securities it marketed to tens of thousands of investors, US regulators announced Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp , the largest U.S. retail bank, said on Thursday it received subpoenas and requests for information relating to auction-rate securities from federal and state government agencies.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A banking group has renewed its plea to the Securities and Exchange Commission to broaden a rule aimed at curbing abusive short selling and market manipulation.

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese share prices plummeted 4.47 percent on Friday as investors dumped Olympics-related stocks just hours before the opening of the Beijing Games, dealers said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Households consider it more likely than ever that their stock holdings will fall in value over the next year, a survey released on Friday said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tech companies once dominated the U.S. IPO calendar -- but not anymore.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Short trading in 19 major U.S. financial stocks will revert to rules governing other shares on Wednesday as a Securities and Exchange Commission experiment against abusive short selling expires.