Markets
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Stocks edge higher; U.S. service sector improvesMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Worries from overseas held back the stock market on Monday. Stocks started the day lower after a report showed that manufacturing in China, the world's second...
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Buffett speaks, plays, prevails at Berkshire bashMay 03, 2014 1:01 am - OMAHA, Neb. - The Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting is part celebration and part education, and more than 30,000 people gathered to hear Warren Buffett answer to ...
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Papa Murphy's rises in its Nasdaq debutMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Shares of Papa Murphy's rose in their first day of trading but closed well below their highest level Friday. Papa Murphy's Holdings Inc. is a franchisor and o...
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Ukraine making Wall Street nervousMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market ended lower on Friday as a surprisingly strong report on job gains failed to impress investors. Stocks rose in the early going after the gove...
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Encouraging news on economy fails to lift stocksMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Encouraging news on the U.S. economy wasn't enough to give the stock market its fourth straight day of gains. Manufacturing grew faster in April than in March...
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Dow closes at record as Fed keeps cutting stimulusApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average closed at an all-time high Wednesday as the good narrowly outweighed the bad for the stock market. After investors took in s...
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Stocks gain on earnings; Cummins, Ameriprise riseApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Solid earnings from a broad swath of U.S. companies pushed the stock market higher on Tuesday. Ameriprise Financial, a wealth management company, surged afte...
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Stocks higher on deal hopes; BofA sinksApr 28, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - It was a choppy ride for the stock market on Monday that ended with major U.S. indexes closing mostly higher. Traders were pulled in multiple directions. Stoc...
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Last year's deadbeats investments do best as stocks stallApr 27, 2014 6:24 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Financial markets rarely stick to the script, and this year is no different. Investments traditionally considered safe bets such as utilities, gold and ...
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Minding the tax bite in fund investingApr 27, 2014 6:16 am - NEW YORK - How painful was tax season for you? For many investors with mutual funds in a taxable account, it was tougher this year than last. That's because the best ye...