Markets
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Winery uncorks lightweight bottles to save cash, help environment
Oct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - HOPLAND, Calif. - Thin is in at Fetzer Vineyards, at least when it comes to wine bottles. The Northern California winery is switching to a lighter weight glass to cut sh...
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Oil falls below $65 on U.S. woes
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices slipped below $65 a barrel Friday, heading for what will likely become the sharpest monthly decline in crude prices since futures trading began on t...
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Stocks ends sour week up 144
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market closed out a horrendous October, its worst month in 21 years, with a big advance Friday as more investors took chances on stocks turned into...
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Stocks close up after GDP report
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street displayed some welcome signs of stability Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 190 points in a relatively calm session de...
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Oil drops on weak GDP report
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices slumped Thursday as the world's largest economy said the economy slowed in the third quarter in what figures to be the clearest sign yet tha...
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Stocks end mixed in late slide after Fed rate cut
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street received the interest rate cut it wanted, but still turned in a baffling late-day performance Wednesday, shooting higher and then skidding lower ...
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Dollar loses ground and pumps up oil prices
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices rebounded from 17-month lows as stock markets rallied across the globe Wednesday. Oil traders began placing bets that falling demand for cru...
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Dow soars nearly 900 as investors cherry-pick bargains
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street had another astounding advance Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials soaring nearly 900 points in their second-largest point gain ever as late-...
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Oil rises above $64 on world stock market rebound
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices rose above $64 a barrel Tuesday as a rebound in world stock markets reassured investors shaken by fears of a world economic slowdown. Light, sweet c...
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More weak data, hedge-fund selling seen this week
Oct 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In a typical recession, stocks start recovering about six months before the economy does. The crisis the United States is in right now, however, is anything ...