Markets
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Encouraging news on jobs, retailers lifts stocksSep 26, 2013 5:03 pm - NEW YORK — Upbeat news about jobs and retailers helped the Standard & Poor’s 500 index snap its longest losing streak of the year on Thursday. U.S. unemployment claims ...
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$11B eyed in JPMorgan settlement talksSep 25, 2013 5:34 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — An official familiar with ongoing negotiations among federal and New York officials and JPMorgan over mortgage-backed securities says a national settlemen...
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Wal-Mart, Washington worries whack stock marketSep 25, 2013 4:30 pm - NEW YORK — Wal-Mart spooked the stock market Wednesday — helping push stocks lower for a fifth straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 61 points, or 0.4 perc...
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Stocks little changed after 4 days of declinesSep 25, 2013 11:07 am - NEW YORK — The stock market is adrift a week after setting a record. Stocks were flat in late-morning trading Wednesday as investors continue to worry about the economy ...
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Moody’s lifts GM investment gradeSep 25, 2013 10:18 am - General Motors Co. was raised to investment grade for the first time in eight years and moved to continue paying back stakeholders from its 2009 bailout with plans to bu...
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Stocks fall for a fourth daySep 24, 2013 6:47 pm - NEW YORK — Wall Street couldn’t shrug off doubts about the economy and government gridlock on Tuesday. Mixed economic reports and concern about a government shutdown dra...
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Corn prices fall on outlook for bumper cropSep 24, 2013 6:45 pm - Corn fell to its lowest level in six weeks on concerns that a bumper crop could bloat supplies. Farmers planted the most corn in 80 years this year, and favorable weath...
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Archer Daniels move worries Decatur residentsSep 24, 2013 3:45 pm - DECATUR — To Decatur, the loss of Archer Daniels Midland’s global headquarters is about more than a couple hundred jobs: The small central Illinois city will be losing t...
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Smithfield shareholders vote in favor of Chinese company takeoverSep 24, 2013 3:24 pm - Smithfield Foods Inc. shareholders voted to approve Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.’s $4.7 billion deal, the largest Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company. The $34...
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Stocks fall on concern about economy, budget fightSep 23, 2013 3:59 pm - NEW YORK — Concerns about the strength of the economy and the potential for a budget fight in Washington pushed down the stock market Monday. The Dow Jones industrial av...