Markets
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Upstarts are taking aim at the London exchangeAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In a brick building with darkened windows outside the heart of London's financial district, a fledgling firm called Chi-X Europe Ltd. is leading a foray into the territo...
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Oil falls to $111 level on stronger dollar
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell to the $111 level Friday, reaching their lowest point in more than three months after the dollar muscled higher and OPEC predicted world dema...
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Greenspan sees housing bottomAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Alan Greenspan usually surrounds his opinions with caveats and convoluted clauses. But ask his view of the government's response to problems confronting mor...
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Street ends mixed on credit concerns, oil
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed mixed Friday after playing out a now familiar scenario: Upbeat sentiment about falling oil prices flagged amid onging concerns about weak ...
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Wall Street ends higher, buoyed by drop in oil
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street rebounded Thursday, rising sharply as oil prices fell and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two straight days of hea...
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Oil down as weak demand outweighs Georgia conflict
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell about a dollar Thursday, pulling back from the previous day's rally as waning U.S. demand for energy overshadowed supply threats from the con...
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Oil jumps $3 after U.S. gasoline supplies drop
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices jumped more than $3 a barrel Wednesday, halting a three-day slide after the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline suppl...
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Stocks plummet following retail sales report
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Wall Street ended an erratic session Wednesday with a lopsided loss as blue chips fell on investors' concerns over the health of financial companies and high-tech stocks...
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Stocks mostly lower amid financial sector concerns
Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street skidded lower Tuesday as downbeat news from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial companies lifted the market's anxiety about the continuing i...
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US poised for weak end to yearAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The U.S. economy, facing a consumer-spending slowdown and a weakening global economy, is poised for an unpleasant finish to 2008. The pattern of growth that is emerging ...