Markets
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Timing a market return is difficult
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lloyd Philip doesn't trust this market and isn't making any long-term bets because he sees Wall Street's list of worries as simply too long. Philip, a 33-yea...
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U.S. stocks head for another down day
Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks were poised to open lower Thursday as investors, already concerned about technology spending after the Internet networking supplier Cisco Systems' dre...
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Nasdaq now a bear marketFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The powers behind Nasdaq's five-year bull market proved to be the ones that drove it into its grave Wednesday. Steep declines in some of the best-known techn...
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Merger of exchanges may hit snag
Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Shares of CME Group Inc. and Nymex Holdings Inc. plummeted Wednesday after the Department of Justice raised concerns about regulations governing the trading o...
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Stocks tumble as weak service-sector report stirs concerns about economy
Feb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street plunged Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down 370 points after investors saw an unexpected contraction in the service sector as evidenc...
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Take on the tickerFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Alexander Paris Sr. of Barrington Hills is president of Barrington Asset Management, Chicago What moved markets last week? "It was an extremely huge week in terms of new...
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Stocks end strong week with advance
Feb 01, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street capped a week of big gains with another sizable advance Friday after investors set aside anxiety over news the economy lost jobs last month and f...
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Stocks fall as unease over bond insurers overshadows Yahoo pitch
Jan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks gave up an early rally Friday after a weak construction spending report and a warning from Moody's that it will likely downgrade bond insurers offset ...
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Bond concerns ease, stocks rise higher
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks turned higher Thursday after concerns eased about hefty losses at bond insurer MBIA Inc. and the prospect of downgrades in the bond insurance industry...
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Wall Street rises after Fed cuts interest rates by expected half-point
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street surged higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve, confirming that there is increasing stress on the economy, cut interest rates half a percentag...