The stock market hit record highs last week despite fresh signs that consumers aren't spending Stocks have been volatile all fall as investors have sorted through the ongoing problems in the housing and credit markets amid worries about a possible recession. Rising treasury yields knocked back global stock markets on wednesday and are likely to keep weighing on u.s
JASSY JO | Cairo
Asian markets tumbled in the first trading following the slaying of benazir bhutto
Japan's nikkei index was down 1.7 percent in the final trading session of 2007, with the nikkei ending the year.
