Markets
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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...
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Asia stock markets mixed after Wall Street rebound
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - HONG KONG _ Asian stocks were modestly mixed in early trade Friday after Wall Street rebounded strongly overnight, with Japan's market recovering from its historic fall...
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Oil rises above $71
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rebounded back above $71 a barrel Friday as traders bet that OPEC will announce a sizable production cut at an emergency meeting next week in an e...
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Ordinary investors wrestle with faith in markets
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - An Oregon couple, their retirement spent traveling, is trimming future vacation plans because their investments are decimated. A Massachusetts financial planner is reach...
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Stocks end mixed on housing data, bargains
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street was mostly higher in the final stretch of trading Friday as strains in the credit markets showed signs of easing and investors sought bargains am...
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Nikkei index down more than 10 percent
Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO _ Japan's key stock index plummeted more than 10 percent at one point in early trade Thursday, hit by another dive on Wall Street and growing recession fears. The ...
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Oil falls falls below $70 a barrel
Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil briefly plunged below $69 a barrel Thursday, bringing its price to less than half its July record high after the government reported massive increases in...