Markets
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Stocks end mixed on higher oil, consumer data
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended mixed Tuesday as concerns about the path of Hurricane Gustav sent oil prices higher and offset a better-than-expected reading on consumer c...
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FTD Group gets OK for mergerAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Downers Grove-based FTD Group Inc. announced Monday that its stockholders voted to support a merger involving FTD, United Online, and UNOLA Corp., an indirect wholly own...
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Stay-at-home moms, staying home even moreAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - "I'm having 'em, so I wanna raise 'em." That's the philosophy that led Jenna Kagan to stop working when her daughter was born nine years ago. Two sons soon fo...
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Oil prices spike as Hurricane Gustav nears Gulf
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Oil prices swung rapidly higher Tuesday as Hurricane Gustav threatened major oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico. After falling close to $112 per barrel in overnight tr...
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Historical trends suggest that the buck is backAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The dollar's bounce in recent weeks has investors wondering whether this is the beginning of the end of its extended slide. Such a turning point would be one of only a h...
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Investors eye oil prices, spending data
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It was another seesaw week on Wall Street, but it ended with a jolt of good news: a $6-a-barrel tumble in oil. This week, investors will be watching to see i...
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Financials drag Wall Street down nearly 250
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about American International Group Inc. touched off broader concerns that financial companies will face more tr...
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Oil fluctuates as traders watch dollar
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fluctuated Monday, hovering above $114 a barrel as traders looked to a slightly stronger U.S. dollar for direction after the previous session's st...
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Stocks jump on falling oil, inflation forecast
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Wall Street ended sharply higher Friday following a plunge in oil prices and a prediction from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that inflation is likely ...
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Oil prices fall over $6 on stronger dollar
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices tumbled more than $6 a barrel Friday -- the biggest one-day percentage plunge in nearly four years -- after a rebounding dollar and a Russian troo...