Markets
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Stocks jump following rebound in home sales
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Some heartening news on home sales and earnings has let Wall Street set aside a little of its angst. Major stock indexes jumped more than 1 percent Tuesday, ...
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Oil falls 4 percent on more bad economic news
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices tumbled nearly 4 percent Monday in a volatile trading day fraught with more bad economic news, including thousands of job cuts by Macy's ...
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Street braces for rush of corporate, economic data
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street is bracing for yet more reminders this week that the economy is in rotten shape. Companies from networking-gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. to media...
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Tech stocks rise but broader market declines
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors worrying about a deepening recession have been cherry-picking stocks, sending tech shares higher and financials and blue chips lower. The market's ...
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Stocks slip after GDP report, mixed earnings
Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks slumped for a second straight day Friday as investors, already on edge about the worsening economy, were further rattled by a report that Washington's...
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Oil below $42 on dismal US economic outlook
Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Caught between dismal U.S. economic numbers and news of possible further OPEC cuts, oil prices hovered Friday near their previous close below $42 a barrel. L...
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Oil prices fall on housing, jobless numbers
Jan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dropped Thursday as layoffs spread, orders for big-ticket manufactured goods evaporated and the U.S. homebuilding industry posted its worst annual...
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Stocks fall on fresh worries about economy
Jan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Caution returned to Wall Street Thursday as unemployment claims reached a record high and new home sales hit a record low -- two glaring signs that the econo...
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Stocks jump on reports of plan for bad bank assets
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Financial stocks led Wall Street sharply higher Wednesday on investor hopes the Obama administration will create banks to absorb the bad assets weighing down...
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Oil prices edge downward for third day
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell Wednesday with the government reporting that crude inventories continue to grow as businesses and consumers slash energy spending. Light, swe...