Markets
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Stocks close higher as banks gain on rising ratesJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - Stocks rebounded from a downbeat start Tuesday, building on small gains for the third day in a row. News that U.S. consumer prices jumped sharply in May drove up long-te...
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Illegal profits: A look at insider tradingJun 15, 2014 6:03 am - NEW YORK - Few crimes on Wall Street generate more headlines than insider trading. The definition is straightforward: An investor profits on nonpublic information at the...
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Inspectors miss 40 percent of high-risk oil and gas wellsJun 14, 2014 1:01 am - NEW CASTLE, Colo. - Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspec...
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Stocks rise as technology shares gainJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market rose Friday, clawing back from three days of declines. Shares of technology companies got a lift after Intel said business demand for co...
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Stocks fall on so-so economic news, Iraq turmoilJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A combination of so-so economic news and violence in Iraq helped push the stock market sharply lower Thursday. Stocks fell from the start of trading on a gove...
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Oil jumps as Iraq violence raises supply fearJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - The price of oil jumped Thursday as an insurgency in Iraq raised the risk of disruptions to supplies at a time when other major oil-producing countries are already pumpi...
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USDA: Drought cuts wheat crop; corn, soybeans goodJun 11, 2014 1:01 am - The nation's wheat crop is smaller than earlier was predicted due to drought, but corn and soybean crop expectations have changed little in the last month, the U.S. Depa...
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Brazil, other markets are no longer 'Fragile Five'Jun 11, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Soccer fans will focus on Brazil and the start of the World Cup Thursday, but investors have been entranced by that nation's stock market for months. Brazil ...
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Stocks fall back as World Bank cuts growth outlookJun 11, 2014 1:00 am - NEW YORK — The stock market fell back from record levels Wednesday because of a weaker forecast for global growth and concerns about airline profits. Delta Air Lines and...
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S&P 500 slips, ending 4-day run of record highsJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A run of record highs in the stock market came to an end Tuesday as the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost ground for just the second time this month. The slig...