Markets
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Oil falls below $56 as Japan slips into recession
Nov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices fell below $56 Monday and gasoline futures plunged to a new low as Japan joined a number of European nations in recession and provided ev...
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Stocks finish lower as recession worries deepen
Nov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street finished sharply lower Monday as investors pored over more signs of economic weakness, including a huge round of layoffs in the financial sector....
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Stocks sag under cloud of bad news
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street has ended a turbulent week with another astonishing show of volatility, plunging, recovering and then plunging again as investors absorbed anothe...
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Crude falling on feels of OPEC meeting
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Crude markets ignored word of another emergency meeting later this month by OPEC to address falling crude prices, focusing instead Friday on the larges...
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Oil closes around $58
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices swung wildly Thursday following a lead from Wall Street, which sank 300 points before investors flooded back into the market. Light, sweet c...
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Stocks stage huge rebound; Dow jumps 6.7 percent
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street launched a massive rebound Thursday, muscling the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 553 points after driving it down near its lows for the y...
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Dow ends down 410 as stocks plunge for third-straight session
Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A disheartened Wall Street fell for the third straight session Wednesday as investors absorbed another series of dismal corporate reports and news that the g...
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Oil nears $56 as global markets stumble
Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices plunged below $56 a barrel Wednesday as awful numbers from retailers and a dismal outlook from automakers lent yet more evidence that the...
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Consumer spending worries send stocks lower
Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street got another dose of painful reality Tuesday and sent stocks diving as investors recognized that few industries are safe from the consumer spendin...
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Crude oil futures settle below $59
Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Oil prices continued their downward spirals Tuesday as crude hit a 20-month low and Wall Street offered yet more evidence that U.S. consumers are holding on t...