Markets
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Oil prices drop as jobs data add to demand worries
Sep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices sank below $106 a barrel Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring back their energy use...
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Stocks down more than 340 points after retail, unemployment data
Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the labor department added to the mountain of dism...
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Banks borrow more from Fed; Wall Street takes pass
Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Banks borrowed more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass for the fifth week in a ro...
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Oil down after gasoline supplies report
Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices closed at their lowest level in five months Thursday as a lower-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline stockpiles gave traders more reason to believe...
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Wall Street mixed on global economic worries
Sep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street finished mixed in fickle trading Wednesday, with investors still unsettled about the economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewha...
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Oil falls on global demand fears, stronger dollar
Sep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices extended their losses Wednesday, a day after plunging nearly $6 a barrel, as oil market traders shifted their attention from tropical weather to a...
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Oil's retreat not enough to sustain stock rally
Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street succumbed to its ongoing angst Tuesday, giving up a sharp advance and turning moderately lower after falling oil prices failed to calm the market...
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Oil prices plunge as Gustav dissipates
Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices plunged to the lowest level in five months Tuesday, falling to within sight of $100 a barrel on signs that Hurricane Gustav only grazed U.S. energ...
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Wall Street eyes August jobs data this week
Aug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- All the data that Wall Street has seen lately seems to be pointing to a dual economy, one in which businesses are generally faring better than consumers. And...
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Oil rises on fears Gustav will hit Gulf
Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Retail gas prices swung higher Friday -- the first increase in 43 days -- as analysts warned that a direct hit on U.S. energy infrastructure by Hurricane Gus...