U.S. stocks end with moderate losses Friday, hurt by worries about the global economic recovery as China raise borrowing costs and data showed sluggish European growth.

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Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks end lower as EU, China dominate

U.S. lawmakers need to write legislation expanding the ability of bank regulators to collect and analyze financial data to make sure another crisis like the one that shook the economy in 2008 doesn’t happen again, says a key bank regulator.

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Fed seeks bill to help regulators gather bank data

The dollar pares gains following reports showing an unexpected decline in U.S. consumer confidence.

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Currencies: Dollar hits 8-month high on concerns about Europe

Shares of Norwegian oil group DNO rally after the Kurdistan regional government in Northern Iraq says it’s ready to immediately restart oil exports.

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DNO shares rally as Kurdistan resumes oil exports

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British house sellers enter the new year in a confident mood, boosting the average asking price by 0.4% in January and ending a two-month slide.

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Economic Report: U.K. house sellers boost asking price 0.4% in Jan.

Reinsurance giant Swiss Re agrees a 1.3 billion Swiss Franc ($1.26 billion) deal to sell a block of life insurance business to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, deepening the ties between the two firms.

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Swiss Re in $1.3 bln deal with Berkshire Hathaway

European shares advanced on Monday, with gains for commodity sector firms and Richemont helping stocks regain some ground lost last week.

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Europe Markets: Miners, Richemont lead Europe stocks rise

China launched a new index Monday comprising some of the biggest listed companies on the mainland’s two stock exchanges, as well as those in Hong Kong and Taiwan, a landmark step that is expected to help lay the groundwork for the development of new financial products.

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New Greater China stock index launches

As the strengthening economic recovery in India drives demand for credit, some analysts expect state-owned lenders to outperform their private-sector peers due to their relatively ‘depressed’ valuations.

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Asia Markets: Indian state-run banks may outpace private peers

James Dines’ just-published 2010 Forecast issue doesn’t explain his dramatic position on deflation, but if Dines can turn in triple-digit annual gains, Peter Brimelow doesn’t care.

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Peter Brimelow: Dines disappoints on deflation, not returns