Markets
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Nearly perfect last year, preferred funds face more pressureJan 11, 2015 6:41 am - NEW YORK - Sometimes the middle road is the most exciting one. Both stock and bond mutual funds did well last year, but some of the best returns came from funds that sit...
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A raise in your paycheck is not best thing for your stock pricesJan 11, 2015 5:37 am - Who doesn't like getting a raise, right? It gives you the confidence to buck up for some of those simple pleasures in life that had previously seemed a little too extrav...
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Asia stocks down as oil slide jitters offset solid US hiringJan 10, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday as worries about the slide in the oil price offset another month of strong hiring in the U.S. KEEPING SCORE: ...
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Stocks slide following weak wage growth, oil price slumpJan 09, 2015 12:01 am - A turbulent week of trading ended Friday with U.S. stocks finishing lower for the third time in five days. The decline followed two days of big gains and nudged major in...
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US stocks slide following weak wage growth, oil price slumpJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are ending lower after investors were discouraged by weak U.S. wage growth and another drop in the price of oil. The loss Friday followed two days...
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Macy's and Bed Bath & Beyond are big market moversJan 08, 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 Macy's Inc., down $1.89 to $65....
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Grain mostly higher, livestock mostly lowerJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery fell 3.25 cents to $5.6475 a bushel; Mar corn was a 6 cents ...
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US stocks slip in early trade as investors weigh job gainsJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock market indexes slipped in early trading as traders weigh a strong U.S. jobs report. The government reported early Friday another strong round ...
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Grain higher, livestock lowerJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery was 6.50 cents higher at 5.7350 a bushel; Mar corn...
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Stocks slide on falling wages, oil slumpJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - A turbulent week of trading ended Friday with U.S. stocks finishing lower for the third time in five days. The decline followed two days of big gains and nudged major in...