Markets
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Ukraine conflict weighs on markets; Retailers fallAug 28, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. financial markets ended slightly lower Thursday, marking their first loss in a week of record highs. The escalating conflict in Ukraine, disappointing retail earnin...
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Stocks drift higher; S&P 500 holds on to 2,000Aug 27, 2014 1:01 am - Even in a daylong sideways drift, the Standard & Poor's 500 index managed to eke out its third record close in three days. U.S. stocks ended essentially flat on Wednesda...
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Another milestone: S&P 500 closes above 2,000Aug 26, 2014 1:01 am - It was a big round-number day for the stock market. The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed a hair above 2,000 points Tuesday, 16 years after it finished above 1,000 for ...
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S&P 500 touches another milestoneAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Summer doldrums? Not on Wall Street. The stock market notched another first on Monday as the Standard & Poor's 500 index nudged briefly past the 2,000-point mark and clo...
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Google's pivotal IPO launched a decade of big betsAug 23, 2014 7:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Google's IPO, a decade ago this week, launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit. And...
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Stocks mostly lower as Ukraine tensions flareAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market paused Friday, following four days of gains, after a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen left investors unsure about how the nation'...
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Stocks little changed on Ukraine, Yellen speechAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks were little changed Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen left investors unsure on how the nation's most important financial voic...
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Yellen: Job market makes Fed hesitant on rate hikeAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming - If anyone thought Janet Yellen might clarify her view of the U.S. job market in her speech here Friday, the Federal Reserve chair had a message: ...
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Stocks advance to put S&P 500 at a record highAug 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market advanced for a fourth straight day Thursday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to a record high. Investors were encouraged by news tha...
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Stocks advance for third day, despite Fed minutesAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market rose for a third straight day Wednesday despite a report from the Federal Reserve that showed a growing chorus of central bank officials will...