Markets
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How investors may be getting fooled by buybacksMar 15, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — If you're puzzled why the U.S. stock market has risen so fast in a slow-growing economy, consider one of its star performers: DirecTV. The satellite TV provid...
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Caterpillar weighs in on Ukraine standoffMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - Caterpillar Inc., the largest maker of construction and mining equipment with more than 1,000 workers in Russia, called for a "multilateral and not unilateral" approach ...
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Stocks end lower ahead of critical Ukraine voteMar 14, 2014 1:00 am - Stock investors started the week worrying about China. They ended it waiting on Russia. Investors spent much of Friday monitoring developments in the Ukraine's region of...
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Dow posts fourth loss in row as stocks slideMar 13, 2014 1:01 am - The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points Thursday, its biggest decline in six weeks. The pullback came as investors reacted to discouraging economic re...
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U.S. stocks end slightly lower for a second dayMar 11, 2014 1:01 am - Without any big economic news or blowout company earnings to respond to, investors found little to get excited about Tuesday and sent the stock market lower for the seco...
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Four nations urge U.S. gas exports to UkraineMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Four Central European nations are urging the United States to boost natural gas exports to Europe as a hedge against the possibility that Russia could cut o...
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Stocks mixed as Ukraine tensions festerMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - One positive report on the economy was not enough to make investors more confident. The stock market ended mixed Friday after a day of muddled trading. Among ...
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Encouraging report on U.S. jobs lifts stock marketMar 06, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Investors were looking for any reason to look past the cold weather that has hampered the U.S. economy in the last few weeks, and they found it. Stocks mostly...
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Global stocks slide as tensions build in UkraineMar 03, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Russia's military advance into Ukraine rattled global markets Monday. U.S. stocks fell the most in a month and the price of crude oil rose sharply as traders...
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Highlights from Warren Buffett's annual letterMar 01, 2014 12:01 am - OMAHA, Neb. - Investors eagerly await Warren Buffett's letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders each year for its plain-spoken insight into the billionaire's finan...