Markets
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Asian stocks down ahead of China, US data
Sep 28, 2015 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stocks were mostly lower Monday following Wall Street's loss last week as investors looked ahead to Chinese and U.S. economic data. KEEPING SCORE: T...
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Hints of consensus at Federal Reserve on rates
Sep 27, 2015 7:38 am - The Federal Reserve's top officials headed into a pivotal meeting last week divided over whether to begin withdrawing its extraordinary stimulus of the U.S. economy - an...
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Nike and Pier 1 are big market movers
Sep 25, 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 Nike Inc., up $10.21 to $125 Th...
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Late slump in health care pushes stocks to weekly loss
Sep 25, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A late slump in health care stocks pushed the market to its third weekly loss this month. Stocks had traded solidly higher for most of the day, as banks,...
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Why IPOs are going out of style
Sep 20, 2015 7:38 am - A number of people who are watching the ebullient tech startup scene have raised a red flag over the dearth of initial public offering in the sector. The Wall Street Jou...
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The Federal Reserve is trying to do what nobody else has been able to do
Sep 20, 2015 7:35 am - WASHINGTON - You can raise rates any time you want, but you can never leave the zero bound. That, at least, has been the case for almost every country that has tried to ...
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What you need to know about the Federal Reserve
Sep 20, 2015 7:33 am - WASHINGTON - Sometime this year, the Federal Reserve is likely to do something it hasn't done in nearly 10 years: raise interest rates. The decision sounds wonky, but it...
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Fed's stay-or-go scenarios come with risks to rate path, growth
Sep 13, 2015 7:39 am - WASHINGTON - It's a tough call. Really tough. When Federal Reserve officials sit down next week, they will weigh volatile markets and a host of uncertainties about inter...
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This is the worst argument for the Fed to raise rates
Sep 07, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON _ People used to say the Federal Reserve had to raise rates to fight nonexistent inflation. Then they said the Federal Reserve had to raise rates to fight non...
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'Bonkers' and 140 other words never to say to market reporters
Sep 06, 2015 7:41 am - The comedian George Carlin darn near made a whole career out of a routine about seven words you're not allowed to say on television. The seven words were ... aww, shoot,...