Stocks slip as Wall Street tries to preserve recent gains, awaits data on pending home sales

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are moderately lower in early trading as markets around the world take a breather from the massive gains logged a day earlier.

Morgan Stanley plans $2.2 billion stock offer as precursor to repaying government loan

NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley said Tuesday it will raise $2.2 billion through a stock offering as part of a plan to satisfy preconditions for repaying a government loan it received last fall amid the deepening credit crisis.

Stock futures point slightly higher ahead of housing data

NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures were little changed Tuesday, as markets around the world took a breather from the massive gains logged the previous day.

‘Besame mucho’: Mexico reaches out after swine flu

MEXICO CITY - Now that Mexico seems to have weathered the worst of the public health storm from the new influenza virus A(H1N1), Mexican authorities have launched another urgent mobilisation - against the stigma spread by the epidemic.

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