Markets
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Asian markets tumble after Wall Street plunge
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO _ Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday following massive overnight losses on Wall Street and dismal economic numbers out of the U.S., a crucial export market. Japa...
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Stocks bounce back after early selloff
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors returned cautiously to the stock market Tuesday, wary about the downtrodden economy while trying to recoup some of the ground in the previous sessi...
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Oil falls below $50 a barrel
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices tumbled below $50 a barrel Monday as National Bureau of Economic Research reported that the U.S. economy has been in a recession since Decem...
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Recession confirmation sends stocks plummeting 679
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - A litany of bad economic news snuffed out Wall Street's five-day rally Monday, sending stocks falling sharply as investors realized anew how troubled the U.S....
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Oil ends week on a flat note as OPEC gathers
Nov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Oil prices ended flat Friday with OPEC officials sending mixed messages about a production cut before a regularly scheduled meeting in December. Meanwhile, ga...
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Stocks end short session with 5th straight gain
Nov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street wrapped up its biggest five-day rally in more than 75 years Friday, even as investors digested signs of a bleak holiday season for retailers and ...
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Dow, S&P 500 clinch 4th straight winning session
Nov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A stock market gaining confidence in the nation's financial system bolted higher Wednesday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor's 500 in...
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Oil prices jump again in a volatile week
Nov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Oil prices rose Wednesday as a large interest rate cut in China and news of a possible Russian output cut appeared to counter another round of dour economic n...
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Street extends Dow's rally to third day
Nov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street has ended an uneven yet generally calm session mostly higher. Investors selectively bought stocks after being encouraged by a government plan to ...
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Oil prices tumble; gas falls to 2004 levels
Nov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices fell nearly 7 percent Tuesday as a raft of lousy news about the economy, housing and the consumer state of mind suggested the U.S. is headed...