Markets
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Tech slump holds back stocksJul 19, 2013 6:16 pm - NEW YORK — A bad day for technology stocks Friday slowed a recent surge in the stock market. Microsoft led the slump in tech, falling the most in more than four years af...
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Far-flung frontier markets lure more investorsJul 19, 2013 4:49 pm - NEW YORK — Bulgaria, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. An itinerary for a traveler with a flair for languages or a list of scenes for a spy thriller set during the ...
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Earnings gains drive stocks higher on Wall StreetJul 18, 2013 4:14 pm - NEW YORK — Earnings gains at major U.S. companies and encouraging economic news pushed U.S. stocks to record levels Thursday. A drop in claims for unemployment benefits...
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Once-mighty Motor City files for bankruptcyJul 18, 2013 4:01 pm - DETROIT — Once the very symbol of American industrial might, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborh...
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Bernanke says timetable for bond purchases not presetJul 17, 2013 7:08 am - WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve’s timetable for reducing its bond purchases is not on a “preset course” and the Fed could incr...
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Citi reports higher profit, revenue; shares riseJul 15, 2013 7:40 am - NEW YORK — Citigroup is reporting earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter. Profit for the March-to-June period was $3.9 billion after exclud...
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6 stocks that stand out in a sizzling stock marketJul 14, 2013 4:19 pm - LOS ANGELES — It’s summertime and the stock market is sizzling. The market reached an all-time high this week, torching its previous record set just before Memorial Day....
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Small-cap funds have packed the biggest punchJul 14, 2013 6:55 am - NEW YORK — The biggest returns this year have come from the smallest stocks. Indexes that track small stocks are at record highs. Small- and mid-cap stocks have dominat...
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Is it time to buy Japanese stock mutual funds?Jul 14, 2013 6:38 am - After Japan’s stock market soared 80 percent over the course of six months, it hit a roadblock. The rapid climb of the Nikkei 225 index, the market’s benchmark, came to ...
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Across tobacco country, crops wilt from rainJul 13, 2013 1:11 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jason Elliott had one of his best stands of burley tobacco growing until the rains started. Five days and seven inches of precipitation later, about a ...