Markets
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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...
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US stocks rise in early tradingJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is rising at the open as energy shares climb along with oil prices. Those gains are tempered by turbulence in global currency marke...
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Precision Castparts and UBS are big market moversJan 15, 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 Precision Castparts Corp., down...
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Rising oil lifts energy companies and stock marketJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Energy companies are fueling a rally that snapped a five-day losing streak for the stock market. The surge in energy shares Friday followed a sharp rise ...
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Grain mostly higher, livestock mostly lowerJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery was unchanged at $5.3275 a bushel; Mar corn was 7 cents high...
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Grain mixed, livestock mixedJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery was unchanged at 5.3275 a bushel; Mar corn was 1.50...
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Energy companies nudge US stock market higherJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Oil and gas companies are lifting the U.S. stock market at midday as the price of oil swings higher. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose seven points, o...
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Oil-company rally snaps 5-day losing streakJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - 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 t...
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Weak bank results weigh on stock marketJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Disappointing results from Bank of America and Citigroup tugged the stock market to its fifth straight loss Thursday. Oil prices continued their slide, and U...