Markets
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Looking for a commodity that's rising? Try pollution permits
Aug 30, 2015 1:00 am - There's one corner of the commodities markets bucking the slump that's sent raw material prices tumbling: pollution permits. Prices in Europe's market for carbon emissio...
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Fed Vice Chair keeps door open to rate hikeAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer left the door open Saturday for a Fed rate increase in September, saying the factors that have kept inflation ...
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US stocks give up some of early gains after opening surge
Aug 26, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. stocks surrendered some of their early gains in midday trading Wednesday after slumping for six straight days amid concern that growth in China was slowing more qui...
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From panic to judgment day, investors struggle to describe routAug 24, 2015 1:00 am - Panic. Judgment Day. Carnage. Meltdown. Fearful. Depressing. Psychologically draining. Wired. As global markets tumbled, investors, strategists and asset managers across...
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Stock market decline eases after morning plungeAug 24, 2015 1:00 am - The U.S. stock market took investors on a stomach-churning ride Monday, as the Dow Jones industrial average briefly plunged more than 1,000 points and sent a shiver of f...
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Stoxx 600 Heads for Worst Day Since '09Aug 24, 2015 1:00 am - European stocks are heading for their worst plunge since 2009, with Germany's benchmark gauge set to enter a bear market. All but two shares in the Stoxx Europe 600 Inde...
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Why stocks are tumbling 6 years into the bull marketAug 24, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Well, that was fun while it lasted. For years, investors in U.S. stocks shrugged off threats - a government shutdown, fear of a euro collapse, a near U.S. deb...
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New day of carnage for financial markets amid global sell-offAug 24, 2015 1:00 am - Global markets entered a new day of carnage Monday amid a continuing worldwide sell-off, extending last week's meltdown and stoking new fears over how far financial mark...
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Stock rout inevitable to Leuthold's Ramsey, and will worsenAug 23, 2015 1:00 am - Doug Ramsey, whose quantitative research into market breadth, valuation and investor sentiment foreshadowed the drubbing in American stocks last week, says the selling w...
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Speed of stock reversals can breed nausea