Markets
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Fed auctions another $25 billion in loans to banks
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has auctioned another $25 billion in loans to squeezed banks to help them overcome credit problems. The central bank on Wednesday relea...
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Real GDP? Maybe not, critics say
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - It was a rare bit of stellar economic news. The Commerce Department revised Gross Domestic Product upward last month, saying the broad measure of the economy ...
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Wall Street retreats as financials weaken
Sep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks tumbled Tuesday after fresh worries about the stability of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. touched off renewed jitters about the overall financial secto...
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Oil down as Ike shifts course, OPEC mulls output
Sep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices slipped below $104 a barrel Tuesday for the first time since early April as traders bet that Hurricane Ike would miss critical Gulf Coast oil inst...
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Dow soars on fed takeover plan for mortgage giants
Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks rallied Monday as investors placed bets that a recovery in the financial and housing sectors is more likely to occur following the U.S. government's m...
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Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout
Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street finally got what it's been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and a...
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Oil edges higher with Ike still aiming for Gulf
Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Crude oil prices finished modestly higher Monday, but only after seesawing wildly as nervous traders watched the Hurricane Ike approach the Gulf of Mexico's ...
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Italian deli, gelateria opens in BartlettSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - BARTLETT - Bartlett residents Dan and Laura Driesbach opened Barese Italian Deli & Gelateria in Bartlett Town Center, 225 S. Main St. Barese offers a full range of made-...
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Report: Gov't may soon back Fannie, Freddie
Sep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled in after-hours trading Friday following a report by The Wall Street Journal that th...
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Stocks generally up despite job worries
Sep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks reversed a steep sell-off to end mostly higher Friday as fears about a worrisome jobs report gave way to bargain hunting in sectors like financials an...