Markets
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Stocks surge higher; credit worries persist
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the...
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European stocks volatile after bailout rejection
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- The historic carnage on Wall Street reverberated across Europe on Tuesday, with stocks volatile after U.S. lawmakers rejected a US$700 billion bank rescue plan...
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Oil prices top $100 after huge sell-off
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices swung back above $100 a barrel Tuesday following a precipitous plunge a day earlier, with a growing consensus among investors that Congress will r...
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Asian stocks plunge after rejection of bailout
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO _ The historic carnage on Wall Street reverberated across Asia Tuesday, with stock markets in the region plunging after U.S. lawmakers rejected a US$700 billion b...
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Street suffers largest single-day point drop in Dow history
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street's worst fears came to pass Monday, when the government's financial rescue plan failed in Congress and stocks plunged precipitously -- hurtling th...
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Oil sinks below $100 as bailout plan voted down
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices plunged over $10 a barrel Monday as a U.S. financial bailout plan failed to win legislative approval, increasing fears tat a prolonged economic do...
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Government ends oversight for Wall Street banks
Sep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it was ending a program of voluntary oversight for Wall Street investment banks that its chairman said cl...
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Gold closes at $888Sep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Gold prices briefly jumped above $920 an ounce Friday as a stalled plan to bail out the U.S. financial system unnerved investors and prompted a flight into safe-haven as...
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Stocks mixed as Dow ends up 120
Sep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Financial markets remained on edge Friday after the Bush administration's proposal for a $700 billion banking bailout ran into opposition from Republican law...
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Oil down $1 as bailout drags on
Sep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell just over $1 a barrel Friday as a U.S. financial bailout plan remained stuck in legislative limbo, raising investor worries that the economic...