Markets
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Wheat, corn futures advance on CBOT; soybeans down
Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Agriculture futures traded mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 20.5 cents to $8.09 a bushel; July corn gained 16 cents to $6.7325 a...
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Oil falls on strong dollar, demand forecasts
Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell Tuesday, giving up an earlier advance as the dollar held its gains against the euro and the Energy Department slashed its oil consumption pro...
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Wall Street ends mostly lower on economic worries
Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed mostly lower Tuesday after a dip in oil prices failed to keep investors from fretting over the economic effects of high energy costs. Crud...
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Agriculture futures trade broadly lower on CBOT
Jun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery fell 22.5 cents to $7.885 a bushel; July corn added 6.5 cents to $...
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Oil prices fall, but gas pushes above $4
Jun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Retail gas prices rose further above a national average of $4 Monday, and are likely to keep rising as distributors and retailers hike prices in response to ...
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Stocks finish widely mixed after Friday's sell-off
Jun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks closed mixed Monday, with Wall Street exhausted from last week's swoon and still nervous about the effect of bank losses and energy costs on the econo...
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Dow drops 400 on jobs data, surge in oil
Jun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street plunged Friday on two troubling economic developments: oil prices that surged $11 and a jump in unemployment that was much larger than the market...
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Agriculture futures trade higher on CBOT
Jun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Agriculture futures traded higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 32.5 cents to $7.855 a bushel; July corn added 28.75 cents to $6.4...
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Rates on 30-year mortgages rise to three-month high
Jun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages edged up this week to the highest level since March as investors worried about inflation threats. The mortgage company Freddie M...
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Stocks rise following jobs report, retailer data
Jun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street surged Thursday as investors looked past a sharp rebound in oil prices and focused on comforting news about the economy -- better-than-expected r...