Markets
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U.S. stocks edge higher; Protective Life soarsJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks rose modestly Wednesday, erasing an early decline, as investors waited to hear from the European Central Bank on Thursday. Insurer Protective Life soar...
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Stocks edge lower; Hillshire bidding war heats upJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market fell slightly Tuesday, pulling back from record highs the day before. Hillshire Brands jumped as a bidding war for the company heated up, wh...
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Fund investors are looking abroad for dividendsJun 01, 2014 7:08 am - NEW YORK - In the search for dividends, it can pay for investors to head abroad. Markets outside the United States have long been fertile ground for dividend hunters be...
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Dow, S&P close out May at record highsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market closed out May on a mostly higher note Friday, sending two out of the three major U.S. indexes to record highs. Trading was uneven, and index...
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Deal news, jobless claims push stocks higherMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Another quiet day, another quiet record. Stocks rose modestly Thursday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index to another record high. Investors rallied behi...
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S&P 500 index holds close to record levelMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks edged lower for the first time in five days Wednesday, but the real action was in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to its l...
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Stocks climb; Fourth straight gain for S&P 500May 27, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - More promising signs that the economy is strengthening after its winter slowdown pushed stocks higher on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose for the...
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What lurks beneath? Market calm unnerves global central bankersMay 26, 2014 6:12 am - Global central bankers sounded the alert about the calmness in financial markets, saying it risked creating future instability and complicating monetary policy. Twenty-f...
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Mom and pop wager against hedge funds in junk-rated loan marketMay 25, 2014 6:12 am - Mom-and-Pop investors have had it with junk-rated loans. Professional money managers, meanwhile, are still piling in and using borrowed money to buy them up. History wil...
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S&P 500 closes hits record closeMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - Call it the Great Slog. Stocks are bumbling along this year after a gangbuster 2013. The upward grind is underscored by the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which closed ab...