Markets
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Stocks fall after personal income data
Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slo...
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Stocks jump on GDP, jobs data
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street barreled higher Thursday after a better-than-expected reading on the gross domestic product and a drop in jobless claims gave investors some reas...
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Oil fluctuates as Gustav bears down on Gulf
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices shot above $120 a barrel and then pulled back Thursday as traders bet the U.S. government would tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if Tropical St...
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Stocks turn higher after durable goods report
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street posted a sizable advance Wednesday after the government reported a larger-than-expected increase in orders for big-ticket manufactured goods that...
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Oil moving higher as Gustav spins toward Gulf
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices climbed for a third day Wednesday as fears deepened that Tropical Storm Gustav could enter the Gulf of Mexico as a powerful hurricane and disrupt ...
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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...