Markets
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Decoding the jargon of mutual funds: a look from A to EFeb 01, 2015 6:32 am - NEW YORK - Few industries slip into jargon as much as the investing world. As quickly as you can give your shoe size, mutual fund managers can rattle off their "active s...
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Australia stocks jump, currency slumps after rate cutJan 31, 2015 10:00 pm - HONG KONG (AP) - Stocks in Australia jumped and its currency slumped on Tuesday after the central bank cut rates to shore up economic growth while other Asian benchmarks...
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Smart Spending: Why investors are applauding Amazon earningsJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings roundly beat analyst expectations, sending the Seattle e-commerce giant's stock soaring 11 percent in premarket trad...
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Germany to Greece: Don't try blackmailJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - ATHENS, Greece - Greece and its European bailout creditors were in open dispute Friday, with Germany bluntly rejecting suggestions the heavily-indebted country should be...
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Shake Shack shares more than double in stock market debutJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are craving burgers and crinkle-cut fries. Shares of Shake Shack Inc. have more than doubled minutes after they debuted on the stock market de...
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Stocks sag at close; January finishes on weak noteJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - The U.S. stock market capped a rough month Friday, delivering its third loss in five days and extending its declines for the year. All told, the Standard & Poor's 500 in...
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Markets brace for Big Oil profit plungeJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - It's just a forecast, and for only one of 10 industry groups in the stock market. Yet it has almost singlehandedly turned what had been a promising earnings s...
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Grain lower, livestock mostly higherJan 29, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery fell 5 cents to $5.0275 a bushel; Mar corn lost 1.50 cents to 3.70 a...
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Stocks sag at the close; January finishes on weak noteJan 29, 2015 10:00 pm - The U.S. stock market capped a rough month Friday, delivering its third loss in five days and extending its declines for the year. All told, the Standard & Poor's 500 in...
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Mastercard and Amazon are big market moversJan 29, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE MasterCard Inc., up 65 cents to...