Markets
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Oil crosses $129 for first time, heads for $130
May 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Just in time for the start of the summer driving season: Oil near $130 a barrel and gas getting closer to an average of $4 a gallon. Crude prices spiked to y...
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Investors gird for higher oil, glummer housing data
May 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The rising price of oil isn't just swelling Americans' energy bills -- it's also holding back their stock portfolios. Wall Street got some seemingly auspicio...
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Stocks finish mixed following tech pullback
May 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended mixed Monday after weakness in the technology sector punctured some of the market's enthusiasm over a report that suggested the economy cou...
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Oil prices gain while pump prices rise to new high
May 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Retail gas and diesel prices reached new records Monday, adding to the pressure on drivers planning road trips for the coming holiday weekend, even as oil pr...
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Stocks pull back as oil pushes to fresh record
May 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street pulled off its lows to finished narrowly mixed Friday as investors squared concerns about rising oil prices with a surprise jump in home construc...
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Stocks rise on oil price drop, mixed economic data
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market notched its second straight daily advance, with investors assuaged by a pullback in oil prices and some better-than-expected economic data. ...
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Oil falls as options expire; gas prices rise
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil futures ended a whipsaw session slightly lower Thursday as the expiration of options played havoc with prices, driving crude near record high levels at t...
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Trading at ICE temporarily halted by power shutdown
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Trading has resumed on Intercontinental Exchange markets after a power issue forced the securities exchange to shut down its system. A spokeswoman in the company's Atlan...
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Fed auctions $7.2 billion in Treasurys to ease credit stress
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has auctioned $7.2 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses. The ...
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Stocks advance following better-than-expected inflation read
May 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street advanced Wednesday after a better-than-expected report on consumer prices tempered some of the market's concerns about inflation. The Labor Depar...