Markets
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Tech companies, Citigroup tug U.S. stocks lowerMar 27, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - It was a bad day to be an investor in Citigroup or tech stocks. U.S. stock indexes edged lower for a second day Thursday as investors continued to retreat fr...
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Technology stocks lead a broad market declineMar 26, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market continued its recent pattern of one step forward, one step back. After starting the day higher following an encouraging report on orders for ...
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Stocks move higher on Wall Street; Sonic gainsMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks got a lift Tuesday as health care companies bounced back after a heavy sell-off. Biotechnology stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose for the ...
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Netflix and other tech stocks lead market lowerMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A sell-off in technology stocks Monday pulled the broader market lower as investors unloaded some of the biggest names in the industry. Netflix fell 7 percent...
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Emerging-market bonds on sale but not on clearanceMar 23, 2014 6:11 am - NEW YORK - For all the worries about how the Federal Reserve's cutback in bond purchases would hurt the market, the biggest pain is being felt far away. It's in Indonesi...
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Russian stocks down as banks suffer amid sanctionsMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - MOSCOW - Russia conceded Friday that it may scrap plans to tap international markets for money this year as it counts the cost of the sanctions imposed in the wake of th...
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An early gain fades on Wall StreetMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - An early surge on the stock market evaporated Friday, as health care stocks tugged major indexes down. Biotech companies were especially hard-hit after U.S. ...
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E-Trade's talking baby goes bye-byeMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The E-Trade baby will finally stop talking. In the investor site's new ad, the baby - who looks like a harmless, adorable tot but talks like a character out o...
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Better news on the U.S. economy drives stocks higherMar 20, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market got a bounce on the first day of spring. Signs that the U.S. economy is emerging from a winter chill drove major stock indexes higher Thursda...
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Stocks gain after reports on housing, UkraineMar 18, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Encouraging news on the economy gave the stock market a boost on Tuesday. Stocks also rose on expectations that the conflict between Russia and the West would...