Markets
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Hasbro 3rd-quarter profit rises on tax adjustmentOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) _ Hasbro Inc., the nation's second biggest toymaker, said Monday its third-quarter profit climbed 62 percent on higher sales led by its Transformers...
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Oil prices skid below $88 a barrelOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON (AP) _ Oil prices dropped more than $1 a barrel Monday, extending a retreat from last week's record above $90 a barrel as investors took profits before the contra...
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Stocks mostly lower as credit, profit worries escalate
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street turned mixed in volatile trading Monday as investors pulled away from stocks amid worries about the credit and housing markets and disappointing ...
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Merck's 3Q profit soar 62 percent
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. _ Merck & Co. posted a 62 percent increase in third-quarter profit Monday, as the drugmaker's revenues increased by double digits and lower mark...
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Stocks head toward lower open
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street pointed toward a lower open Monday as investors prepared to extend the sharp losses from Friday, when worries about the credit and housing market...
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Primary Energy works out delays in financial reportOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Primary Energy Recycling Corp. investors apparently aren't perturbed by the company's announcement a couple weeks ago that it's delaying its third-quarter earnings repor...
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Caterpillar's expectations dented in North America
Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Heavy equipment manufactured by Caterpillar works at the base of the Freedom Tower on Sept. 5 in New York. Caterpillar said Friday its third-quarter earnings rose 21 per...
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Stocks fall sharply on lackluster reports
Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 360 points Friday -- the 20th anniversary of the Black Monday crash -- as lackluster corporate earnings, r...
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Gas prices expected to jump
Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Jim Ammons grumbles to himself every time he fills up his Ford Expedition, but he says gas prices would have to almost quadruple to $10 a gallon before he wo...
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Stocks head to lower open as oil prices cross $90 a barrel
Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street tipped toward a lower open Friday as crude oil crossed $90 a barrel for the first time and heightened concerns that more expensive fuel will hurt...