Markets
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Wall Street ending 2008, year of record losses
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are preparing to close out the last three trading days of 2008, a year in which Wall Street has logged its worst performance since Herbert Hoover w...
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Stocks pull back amid Middle East tensions
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Wall Street retreated Monday as continuing violence in the Middle East and a resulting jump in oil prices reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond t...
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Oil jumps above $40 on Gaza conflict
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- Tensions generated by a widening conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants sent crude prices up sharply to above $40 a barrel Monday, with gas...
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Crude rebounds, at least briefly
Dec 25, 2008 10:00 pm - PHOENIX, Arizona -- Oil prices rebounded Friday in what some market analysts believed was only a brief pause for steadily declining crude prices. Awful holiday retail sa...
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Stocks end with modest gain
Dec 25, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Wall Street put together a moderate advance in light post-holiday trading Friday after the finance arm of General Motors got a government lifeline, but dreary...
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Stocks rise modely on light trading
Dec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street rose modestly in light holiday trading Wednesday after the government released downbeat, but unsurprising, readings on rising U.S. joblessness an...
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Dow falls for 5th straight session on grim data
Dec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street pulled back again Tuesday in muted trading ahead of the holiday, as another round of reports showed further deterioration in the housing market a...
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Oil below $40 on fears of weaker crude demand
Dec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- Oil prices fell below $40 a barrel Tuesday, adding to a sharp drop overnight, on concerns that energy demand is evaporating in the face of a severe gl...
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Stocks end down as Toyota cuts outlook
Dec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street began a holiday-shortened week with a moderate pullback Monday as investors recoiled at bleak news from Toyota Motor Corp. and drugstore operator...
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World stocks mostly lower after Toyota warning
Dec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets mostly fell Monday in light pre-Christmas trade after Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. issued its second profit warning in less than two months a...