Markets
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Oil prices pass $133 after government reports supply drop
May 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Runaway oil prices blew past $133 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising...
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Stocks fall after oil passes $132, inventories drop
May 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street pitched lower for the second straight session Wednesday as record-high oil prices and a bleak economic assessment from the Federal Reserve deepen...
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Fed auctions $75B to ease credit stresses
May 19, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Working to relieve stressed credit markets, the Federal Reserve has auctioned another $75 billion in loans to squeezed banks, bringing the total to $510 bi...
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Stocks stumble after record oil, inflation worries
May 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street stumbled Tuesday after oil prices spiked to a new record above $129 a barrel and a government report raised investors' concerns about the impact ...
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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. ...