Markets
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S&P 500 at record high on manufacturing pickupApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - New signs of life in the U.S. manufacturing sector helped push the stock market to a record high Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 13.18 points...
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U.S. stocks close out a meager first-quarter gainMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - If 2013 was a year where the stock market went straight up, 2014 has started off as a year where the stock market moves sideways. There was plenty for invest...
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Studies find new drugs greatly lower cholesterolMar 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A new class of experimental medicines can dramatically lower cholesterol, raising hopes of a fresh option for people who can't tolerate or don't get enough ...
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Stocks edge higher on consumer spending dataMar 28, 2014 1:00 am - NEW YORK — A positive report on U.S. consumer spending helped push stocks mostly higher Friday for the first time in three days. The gains were modest as investors cont...
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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...