Markets
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US stock indexes little changed in early trade; DuPont jumps
Oct 06, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are getting off to a slow start a day after a big rally. Major indexes were little changed in early trading Tuesday, though several stocks we...
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US stocks open higher; Twitter, GE among early gainers
Oct 05, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are rising in early trading, led by gains in the energy sector as the price of oil turns higher. General Electric jumped 3 percent Monday aft...
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Asia stocks rise on hopes for Japan stimulus, Fed hike delay
Oct 05, 2015 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Japan led Asian stocks higher Tuesday on hopes for new stimulus from its central bank while investors were also buoyed by the prospect that the Federal ...
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Junk or AAA? Rating split plagues Chicago as it borrows billions
Oct 04, 2015 7:36 am - What's Chicago's risk to municipal-bond investors? It depends on which credit-rating company you ask. In the eyes of Moody's Investors Service, most of the $20 billion o...
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A key tenet of Yellen's 'lowflation' call might be off the mark
Oct 04, 2015 7:32 am - One of Janet Yellen's big reasons for thinking inflation will stay subdued may be built on a shaky foundation. During her latest speech, the Fed chair indicated that"att...
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More California winemakers using less water to grow grapesOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - RUTHERFORD, Calif. - The grape vines that grower Frank Leeds tends in Napa Valley stand among the unheralded heroes of California's drought, producing decade after decad...
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Stock market shakes off an early stumble, ends higher
Oct 02, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - News of slower hiring last month jolted markets early Friday, driving government bonds up and the dollar down. The stock market, after slumping in early ...
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Sprint and Bank of America are big market movers
Oct 02, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Sprint Corp. (S), up 20 cents t...
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Grain lower, livestock higher
Oct 02, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery was unchanged at $5.1820 a bushel; December co...
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Stocks, dollar sink after weak jobs report augurs low rates
Oct 02, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A weak report on the U.S. jobs market is sending the stock market and the dollar sharply lower in early trading. Bond prices jumped Friday, sending yield...