Markets
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Stocks slip after Fed statement; Dollar gainsOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - An optimistic statement from the Federal Reserve sent the dollar up and gold prices down Wednesday as traders prepared for rising interest rates. Major U.S. ...
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Stocks rise as profits, confidence index climbOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Strong corporate earnings pushed up stocks across industries on Tuesday, with the energy sector and small companies leading the gains. Stocks rose from the op...
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S&P 500 ends with slight loss on oil, Europe woesOct 27, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Lower oil prices and more gloomy economic news from Europe tugged the U.S. stock market to a slight loss on Monday. Companies whose fortunes tend to follow g...
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What to expect from your bond mutual fundOct 26, 2014 7:41 am - NEW YORK - Oh, right. Stability. That's what bond mutual funds are for. When stock markets tumbled around the world last week, bond funds remained solid once again. The...
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Big slump is no cause to ditch stock marketOct 26, 2014 7:31 am - NEW YORK - After more than five years of stock market gains, investors could be forgiven for worrying that big sell-offs may be the harbingers of bigger slumps. But, ev...
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Stock market has best week in nearly two yearsOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market closed out its best week in nearly two years on a positive note Friday, helped by strong quarterly earnings from Microsoft and other big U.S....
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U.S. stocks rise broadly on earnings; Amazon sinksOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - U.S. stocks advanced yet again Friday, putting the market on track for its best week in almost two years, led by strong quarterly earnings from Microsoft and ...
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Out-of-patience investors selling off AmazonOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Amazon has long acted like an ideal customer on its own website: a freewheeling big spender with no worries about balancing a checkbook. Investors confident i...
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U.S. stocks jump following strong corporate earningsOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A combination of strong company earnings and encouraging economic reports, both in the U.S. and Europe, gave the stock market another day of solid gains on Th...
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Slide in energy sector drags U.S. stock market lowerOct 22, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks fell broadly on Wednesday, snapping a four-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, as investors shaken by recent swings in the market s...