Markets
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US stocks eke out gains in abbreviated trading dayDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - Major U.S. stock indexes ended mostly higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average adding modestly to its gains a day after closing above 18,000 for the fi...
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Investors expect higher stocks in 2015, but also turbulenceDec 23, 2014 5:32 am - NEW YORK - Can the U.S. hold everyone else above water? That is the question investors are asking as Wall Street heads into 2015. A strong U.S. economy helped propel th...
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Dow closes above 18,000 as market reaches new highsDec 23, 2014 12:00 am - In a year full of market milestones, Wall Street crushed a couple more Friday, lifting the Dow Jones industrial average past the 18,000-point mark for the first time and...
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There's a blacklist that rules $800 billion U.S. loan marketDec 19, 2014 5:47 am - What do Highland Capital Management, Fortress Investment Group LLC and Cerberus Capital Management have in common? The firms, which manage some $110 billion among them, ...
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Stocks inch higher after a big two-day rallyDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Oil and gas companies led the stock market up Friday, helping the Standard & Poor's 500 index notch its second-best week this year. With little news to give ...
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Dow industrials have their best day in three yearsDec 18, 2014 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest surge in three years Thursday, its second straight triple-digit gain following the Federal Reserve's reassur...
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Stocks gain most in more than a year on Fed, oilDec 17, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - The U.S. stock market had its best day in more than a year after the Federal Reserve said it would to remain "patient" in its approach to raising interest rat...
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Why 1998 was different to emerging-market crisis nowDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Oil prices were tanking. Emerging-market currencies were in a free fall. Venezuela was mired in a financial crisis and Russia had sunk into a debt default and devaluatio...
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An early rally fizzles, leaving indexes lowerDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Sudden twists in the price of oil and currency trading turned the stock market into a roller-coaster ride on Tuesday. Major indexes opened lower as falling oi...
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Hedge fund manager who remembers 1998 says prepare for painDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Stephen Jen landed in Hong Kong in early January 1997 as Morgan Stanley's newly minted exchange-rate strategist for Asia. He was soon working around the clock when inves...