Markets
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Oil jumps above $114
Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rebounded Tuesday, jumping back above $114 barrel after the dollar weakened against the euro and a rally in heating oil pulled new buyers into ene...
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Oil's down, stocks are up, but uncertainty remains
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The past four weeks on Wall Street have been quite a welcome contrast. Stocks have risen, the dollar has strengthened and oil prices have plummeted. Investor...
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Oil prices fall below $113 as storm threat eases
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Crude prices settled below $113 a barrel for the first time in over three months Monday as Tropical Storm Fay steered clear of oil-producing infrastructure i...
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Wall Street plummets on mortgage worries
Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street retreated Monday after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years on concerns that the government might need to ba...
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Phelps factor has Olympic marketers excitedAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Improved ratings for the Beijing Games, driven by Michael Phelps's success in the pool, may push up rights fees from broadcasters including NBC Universal, the Internatio...
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Upstarts are taking aim at the London exchangeAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In a brick building with darkened windows outside the heart of London's financial district, a fledgling firm called Chi-X Europe Ltd. is leading a foray into the territo...
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Oil falls to $111 level on stronger dollar
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell to the $111 level Friday, reaching their lowest point in more than three months after the dollar muscled higher and OPEC predicted world dema...
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Greenspan sees housing bottomAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Alan Greenspan usually surrounds his opinions with caveats and convoluted clauses. But ask his view of the government's response to problems confronting mor...
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Street ends mixed on credit concerns, oil
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed mixed Friday after playing out a now familiar scenario: Upbeat sentiment about falling oil prices flagged amid onging concerns about weak ...
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Wall Street ends higher, buoyed by drop in oil
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street rebounded Thursday, rising sharply as oil prices fell and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two straight days of hea...