Markets
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Agency: Dreamliner fire not caused by batteriesJul 13, 2013 1:06 pm - LONDON — A fire onboard an empty Boeing 787 aircraft at London’s Heathrow Airport didn’t appear to be caused by faulty batteries on the plane, a British investigative ag...
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Six stocks stand out in a sizzling marketJul 12, 2013 4:40 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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Dreamliner issues reported at two British airportsJul 12, 2013 1:18 pm - LONDON — Two Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes ran into trouble in England on Friday, with a fire on one temporarily shutting down Heathrow Airport and an unspecified technic...
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Wall Street ekes out a small gainJul 12, 2013 10:36 am - A last-minute turnaround is leaving the stock market with small gains for the day — enough to leave major U.S. indexes at new all-time highs. The Dow Jones industrial a...
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Stocks surge after Bernanke allays stimulus fearJul 11, 2013 4:23 pm - NEW YORK — Call it the Bernanke Boost. The stock market, which has been marching higher for a week, got extra fuel Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke s...
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Stocks little changed after Fed releases minutesJul 10, 2013 4:30 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market turned quiet Wednesday and just managed to notch a fifth straight day of gains. Even the release of minutes from the latest meeting of the Fe...
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Stocks head higher for fourth dayJul 09, 2013 4:29 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market edged higher Tuesday as investors bought companies that fare best when the economic outlook is bright. All major stocks indexes rose, but ga...
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Stocks gain ahead of corporate earnings kickoffJul 08, 2013 9:04 am - NEW YORK — Cautious optimism over corporate earnings sent the stock market higher Monday. U.S. companies start reporting their second-quarter results this week, led by a...
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Why gloomy 2Q earnings outlook might not be so dimJul 07, 2013 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — For Corporate America, it's the season of low expectations. Companies have been scaling back their earnings forecasts for weeks as part of a quarterly cat-and...
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Stocks end with strong gains after jobs reportJul 05, 2013 4:45 pm - NEW YORK — Stocks ended with a surge Friday after traders decided that a healthy job market mattered more than the Federal Reserve scaling back its economic stimulus. Af...