Wall Street started another decline in the last hour of trading after clawing back from early losses as buyers struggled with troubling news from disparate corners of the financial world.

Wall Street clawed back from its early losses on Monday despite more bad news from retailers and the manufacturing sector.

Shares fell after a weekend summit in Washington failed to offer new remedies for the global financial system and data from Tokyo showed Japan’s economy fell into recession in the third quarter.

Stocks fell in Europe after a summit in Washington failed to offer new remedies for the ailing global financial system and data showed that Japan’s economy fell into recession in the third quarter.

Japan’s economy has been hurt by weak export growth and steep cuts in corporate spending amid the worsening global slowdown.

Japan’s economy has been hurt by weak export growth and steep cuts in corporate spending amid the worsening global slowdown.

The deal would bring together two well-known brands with combined annual sales of more than $111.5 billion.

Tens of thousands of household savers — many of them first-time investors — are pouring into the market, seizing the world financial crisis as the greatest buying opportunity in a generation.

Tens of thousands of household savers — many of them first-time investors — are pouring into the market, seizing the world financial crisis as the greatest buying opportunity in a generation.

Shares rose on the last day of October, which is on track to be the worst month in the U.S. stock market since 1987.