Markets
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Nasdaq breakdown ramps pressure to take actionsAug 23, 2013 7:17 am - WASHINGTON — The latest high-tech disruption in the financial markets ratchets up the pressure on Nasdaq and other electronic exchanges to take steps to avoid future bre...
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Nasdaq trading halts; stocks up on positive dataAug 22, 2013 4:39 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market rose Thursday but it was a glitch on the Nasdaq exchange that became the day’s big talking point. Trading on the Nasdaq was interrupted just...
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Nasdaq resumes stock trading after 3-hour outageAug 22, 2013 12:18 pm - NEW YORK — Trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange resumed Thursday after a three-hour halt caused by a technical glitch. Other exchanges were operating normally. Nasdaq t...
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Dow sinks for sixth day as traders ponder Fed exitAug 21, 2013 10:47 am - NEW YORK — Stocks fell sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve disclosed that its top officials were mostly in agreement that the central bank should end its massive...
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Unemployment rates rise in most U.S. states in JulyAug 20, 2013 4:51 pm - WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose in more than half of U.S. states in July and fewer states added jobs, echoing national data that show the job market may have lost s...
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Best Buy tops expectations on cost cuts, web salesAug 20, 2013 4:36 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy’s net income rose sharply in the second quarter, as the struggling electronics retailer slashed costs and worked to make its website more competit...
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Barnes & Noble 1Q loss widens; Riggio ends offerAug 20, 2013 4:26 pm - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble says it plans to keep making its Nook electronic readers and will focus on offering content to its customers, even as its first-quarter net los...
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Oil drops 2 percent as Fed policy signal awaitedAug 20, 2013 4:25 pm - NEW YORK — The price of oil fell 2 percent Tuesday, the sharpest decline in two months, as traders waited for the U.S. central bank to signal when it will shift its mone...
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Why the stock market is having a chilly AugustAug 20, 2013 4:01 pm - NEW YORK — It’s been a chilly August for the stock market. At the start of the month, the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit all-time high...
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J.C. Penney’s 2Q shows signs of lifeAug 20, 2013 3:40 pm - NEW YORK — The worst may be over at J.C. Penney Co. The beleaguered department store chain on Tuesday reported its sixth straight quarter of big losses and steep revenue...