Markets
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US stock market falls at middayJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is down at midday, hit by a combination of lower earnings at Johnson & Johnson, slipping confidence among homebuilders and falling ...
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Delta and Smith & Wesson are big market moversJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Delta Air Lines Inc., up $3.33...
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US stock market ends slightly higherJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is ending higher, helped by gains in technology companies and airlines. The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up three points, 0.2 ...
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Grain lower, livestock lowerJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery was unchanged at 5.3275 a bushel; Mar corn was 3.5...
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US stocks head higher in early tradingJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is opening the week higher. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained seven points, 0.4 percent, to 2,027 in early trading Tuesday. De...
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Most Asian stocks higher as investors await ECB decisionJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - HONG KONG (AP) - Most Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as investors anticipated European policymakers would soon unleash more stimulus while Chinese shares extended th...
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Grain mostly higher, livestock lowerJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery was 4.25 cents higher at $5.37 a bushel; Mar corn was up 3....
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Asia stocks higher as Shanghai steadies after dramatic diveJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian stock markets rose Tuesday, and Shanghai rebounded from a dramatic dive the day before, after China's economic slowdown in the fourth qua...
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Dairy industry braces for a milk bustJan 17, 2015 12:01 am - MADISON, Wis. - Milk sales set records in 2014, but plummeting prices are forcing some dairy farmers to spill the surplus down the drain. Already disheartened by the cur...
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Oil-company rally snaps markets' losing streakJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - A surge in oil and gas companies pulled the stock market out of a five-day slump on Friday, as the price of crude swung higher. Oil prices jumped after the I...