Markets
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Investors eye oil prices, spending data
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It was another seesaw week on Wall Street, but it ended with a jolt of good news: a $6-a-barrel tumble in oil. This week, investors will be watching to see i...
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Financials drag Wall Street down nearly 250
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about American International Group Inc. touched off broader concerns that financial companies will face more tr...
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Oil fluctuates as traders watch dollar
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fluctuated Monday, hovering above $114 a barrel as traders looked to a slightly stronger U.S. dollar for direction after the previous session's st...
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Stocks jump on falling oil, inflation forecast
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Wall Street ended sharply higher Friday following a plunge in oil prices and a prediction from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that inflation is likely ...
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Oil prices fall over $6 on stronger dollar
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices tumbled more than $6 a barrel Friday -- the biggest one-day percentage plunge in nearly four years -- after a rebounding dollar and a Russian troo...
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Stocks fluctuate on rising oil, financial worries
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended mixed Thursday after investors largely shrugged off a jump in oil prices and focused instead on a bullish analyst call on Lehman Brothers H...
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Oil jumps $5 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of supply di...
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Oil declines after jump in crude inventories
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The price of oil dipped back to the $113-a-barrel level Wednesday after the government reported a massive increase in the United States' crude stockpiles ami...
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Wall Street stumbles through erratic session
Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street stumbled through an uneven session Wednesday, ratcheting up and down as the price of oil also seesawed and worries persisted about the financial ...
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Stocks fall on inflation data, financial worries
Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight session Tuesday after a hefty jump in wholesale inflation and a drop in new home construction gave investors m...