Markets
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Predictions from market experts for 2014Dec 25, 2013 5:05 am - NEW YORK — It is an understatement to say stock market investors had a good year in 2013. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index soared 28 percent, its best year since 1997. In...
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Durable goods orders jump 3.5 pct. in NovemberDec 24, 2013 4:33 pm - WASHINGTON — Businesses stepped up their orders for long-lasting manufactured goods in November. And a key category that signals business investment plans climbed at the...
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Markets give investors a holiday liftDec 24, 2013 1:04 pm - NEW YORK — Stocks rose in a holiday-shortened trading day Tuesday, helped by a report that showed American companies were investing in their businesses at the fastest pa...
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Secret handshakes greet frat brothers as Wall Street women trailDec 24, 2013 6:00 am - Conor Hails, head of the University of Pennsylvania’s Sigma Chi chapter, was in a Philadelphia hotel ballroom last month for a Barclays Plc recruiting reception. A frien...
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How the Federal Reserve was createdDec 24, 2013 5:25 am - A century ago this week, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act, creating a central bank for a nation that was only beginning its economic ascendance. This is the story...
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Apple, other tech stocks lift the broader marketDec 23, 2013 3:44 pm - NEW YORK — Stocks rose in quiet trading Monday as investors start to close the books on 2013. Apple helped lift technology stocks after the company reached a deal to se...
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Cutting U.S. trade settlement time to two days under studyDec 22, 2013 6:25 am - NEW YORK — U.S. stock and bond investors would have their trades settled in two days instead of three under a proposal that Wall Street firms are reviewing. Depository T...
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Investors are giving some stock pickers a chanceDec 22, 2013 6:04 am - NEW YORK — Stock pickers are getting respect again. Well, some of them. Respect in investing often is measured in dollars, and investors this year have been putting mon...
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Apple to IBM push buyback to record trading as volume slowsDec 22, 2013 5:59 am - Companies buying their own stock make up more of the U.S. equity market than ever before, underpinning share values even as the Federal Reserve reduces stimulus. Stock a...
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Stocks rise on strong economic growthDec 20, 2013 4:27 pm - NEW YORK — An unexpectedly strong report on U.S. economic growth pushed stocks higher Friday, capping off Wall Street’s best week in three months. The report, which show...