Markets
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Stocks advance on drop in oil prices
Jul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks advanced for the second straight session Wednesday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's conc...
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Oil falls after gas stocks jump
Jul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices shed nearly $4 Wednesday, tumbling below $125 a barrel for the first time since early June on growing fears that high prices and the weak U.S. eco...
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Stocks jump as crude drops $3 a barrel
Jul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street shook off early doldrums and closed sharply higher Tuesday after another drop in oil prices encouraged investors to set aside financial sector wo...
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Stocks end mixed on worries about earnings, oil
Jul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Monday as investors watched the price of oil regain ground and decided to cash in some of their gains from the stoc...
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Wall Street ends mixed after earnings reports
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street has finished a strong week with a mixed performance after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors' enthusiasm over better-th...
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Oil ends week in record decline
Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Prices at the pump pulled back from record highs Friday as another slide in oil capped crude's biggest one-week drop in more than three years. Gasoline dropp...
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Oil tumbles below $130; natural gas falls sharply
Jul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell below $130 a barrel for the first time in more than a month Thursday, as a dramatic slide entered a third day along with a sharp sell-off in ...
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Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Jul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than...
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Oil prices resume slide on unexpected jump in crude stocks
Jul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices settled sharply lower for the second time in a row Wednesday, leaving crude more than $10 cheaper in just two days of frenzied trading and prompti...
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Stocks jump on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Jul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street -- at least for the moment -- shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones i...