Markets
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Stocks head to moderately down open after GE meets expectations
Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks headed for a moderately lower open Friday after General Electric Co.'s third-quarter results met Wall Street's expectations and investors awaited econ...
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Funds set targets for retirement payouts
Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors who use target-date funds to put their investments on cruise control until retirement face a common question: How will I manage my money so it hold...
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U.S. stocks head for higher open after Wal-Mart boosts forecast
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street headed for a higher open today after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. raised its profit forecast and companies including PepsiCo. released stronger-than-expe...
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Wall Street dips day after rally, profit warnings
Oct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street fell in early trading Wednesday, giving back some of the prior session's advance that came on renewed optimism about lower interest rates. Invest...
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Stock futures point toward lower open following run-up
Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks headed for a lower opening today after putting up big gains last week and as investors readied for quarterly corporate earnings reports. With the...
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Job growth report boosts stocks
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street capped a huge week with a sharp advance Friday after the government's employment report for September and its revision of August's data cooled th...
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Service economy grows, but pace slows
Oct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The shriveled housing market may be a drag on U.S. business activity, but it hasn't stopped it. The nation's service economy, like its manufacturing sector, ...
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U.S. stock futures edge lower as investors await fresh report on the nation's service economy
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stock futures dipped today as investors awaited a report on the health of the nation's service economy. Any weakness in service sector growth could supp...
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Several factors play into rising food costs
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Increased production of corn-based ethanol has raised U.S. food prices this year but not nearly as much as high oil prices and weather problems, the head o...
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Greenspan says U.S. housing will drag on world economyOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- The fate of the world economy hinges on what happens to house prices in America and that may not be a good thing, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspa...