Markets
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Stocks fluctuate on rising oil, financial worries
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended mixed Thursday after investors largely shrugged off a jump in oil prices and focused instead on a bullish analyst call on Lehman Brothers H...
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Oil jumps $5 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of supply di...
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Oil declines after jump in crude inventories
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The price of oil dipped back to the $113-a-barrel level Wednesday after the government reported a massive increase in the United States' crude stockpiles ami...
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Wall Street stumbles through erratic session
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street stumbled through an uneven session Wednesday, ratcheting up and down as the price of oil also seesawed and worries persisted about the financial ...
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Stocks fall on inflation data, financial worries
Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight session Tuesday after a hefty jump in wholesale inflation and a drop in new home construction gave investors m...
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Oil jumps above $114
Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rebounded Tuesday, jumping back above $114 barrel after the dollar weakened against the euro and a rally in heating oil pulled new buyers into ene...
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Oil's down, stocks are up, but uncertainty remains
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The past four weeks on Wall Street have been quite a welcome contrast. Stocks have risen, the dollar has strengthened and oil prices have plummeted. Investor...
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Oil prices fall below $113 as storm threat eases
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Crude prices settled below $113 a barrel for the first time in over three months Monday as Tropical Storm Fay steered clear of oil-producing infrastructure i...
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Wall Street plummets on mortgage worries
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street retreated Monday after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years on concerns that the government might need to ba...
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Phelps factor has Olympic marketers excitedAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Improved ratings for the Beijing Games, driven by Michael Phelps's success in the pool, may push up rights fees from broadcasters including NBC Universal, the Internatio...