Markets
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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...
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Oil plunges in huge sell-off fueled by economic fears
Jul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell harder than they have in 17 years Tuesday, as fears that record fuel prices are spreading broad economic pain exacerbated the third big sell-...
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Stocks end mostly lower even as oil prices retreat
Jul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended a whipsaw day mostly lower, as fears of escalating instability in the financial sector kept investors on edge despite a steep retreat in oi...
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Oil again settles above $145 a barrel
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil settled above $145 a barrel for the third time this month, close to where it began on Monday, after a back-and-forth trading session that mimicked last w...
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Stocks decline as worries about financials persist
Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its slump into yet another week Monday as investors worried that even a safety net set up for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie...
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Fannie, Freddie send stock market tumbling
Jul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Wall Street's angst over the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent end to a volatile week Friday - stocks tumbled, soared and then turne...