Markets
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Oil hits 16-month low on recession fears
Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices tumbled below $67 a barrel to 16-month lows Wednesday after the government reported big increases in U.S. fuel supplies — more evidence that the...
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Oil falls again as dollar gains against euro
Oct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices slumped back below $71 a barrel Tuesday as a stronger dollar overshadowed expectations of a sizable OPEC output cut and led investors to shed comm...
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World stocks lower on recession fears
Oct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday on renewed fears about the U.S. economy after a number of high-profile U.S. companies warned of trouble ahead. Th...
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Stocks end lower amid mixed earnings reports
Oct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street pulled back Tuesday as investors worried that companies' forecasts signal little easing of the weakness gripping the economy. After logging sharp...
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World markets lifted by credit easing
Oct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stocks rose Monday as lower interbank lending rates fueled hopes that credit markets are returning to normal following concerted action by governments an...
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Regulators looking into wild price swingsOct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S. regulators are investigating whether investors manipulated end-of-day stock prices to avoid being forced by their brokers to sell holdings. These gaps, which caused...
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Gasoline prices tumble despite likely OPEC cuts
Oct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Consumers got another break at the gas pump Monday, as prices dropped further below $3 a gallon and approached year-ago levels even as the near-certainty of ...
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Wall Street surges on hopes of credit recovery
Oct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street surged on a burst of optimism Monday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials up more than 400 points on more signs of a reviving credit market and ...
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Some investors grow leery of stocks in grim market
Oct 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Judy Katz reached her breaking point with stocks when the Dow collapsed at the start of this month, free-falling as much as 2,400 points and taking a big chunk of her li...
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Buffett: I'm buying US stocks
Oct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Warren Buffett has been moving his personal investments from safe Treasuries into U.S. stocks, he wrote in an opinion piece in Friday's New York Times. "If pr...