Markets
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RBS says government stake could be sold within yearMay 03, 2013 7:04 am - LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland predicted Friday that the government should be able to start selling its stake within a year, as it reported a first-quarter profit of 39...
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Stocks rise ahead of U.S. jobs reportMay 03, 2013 6:33 am - LONDON — Stock markets edged higher on Friday ahead of the release of the U.S. government’s monthly unemployment report, a key measure of the health of the world’s large...
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Stocks gain after unemployment claims fallMay 02, 2013 11:39 am - NEW YORK — The stock market is all about jobs this week. Stocks rose Thursday after unemployment claims fell to a five-year low. A day earlier it was just the opposite;...
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Stocks sink as economic outlook dims; Dow off 138May 01, 2013 4:33 pm - NEW YORK — Signs of a slowing economy dragged down the stock market Wednesday. Even the prospect of continued stimulus from the Federal Reserve didn’t help. Major market...
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IBM pulls the stock market out of a morning slumpApr 30, 2013 11:46 am - NEW YORK — News that IBM will buy back more stock and raise its dividend helped pull major stock indexes out of a morning slump Tuesday. IBM and other tech stocks led t...
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S&P 500 reaches new high, led by techApr 29, 2013 4:09 pm - NEW YORK — Technology companies led the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to an all-time closing high Monday. The stock market has recovered all the ground it lost over the p...
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Ethiopia flies first Dreamliner since groundingApr 27, 2013 1:39 pm - KAMPALA, Uganda — A Boeing 787 operated by Ethiopian Airlines flew from Ethiopia to Kenya’s capital Saturday, the first commercial flight since air safety authorities gr...
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Stocks mostly lower on tepid U.S. economic growthApr 26, 2013 10:48 am - NEW YORK — Stock prices were mostly lower on Friday after several companies, including Amazon.com, released weak earnings and the government reported that the U.S. econo...
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Stocks edge higher as job market improvesApr 25, 2013 5:01 pm - NEW YORK — The engines driving the stock market were more tepid than turbocharged Thursday, but they were enough to help stocks rise for a fifth straight day. The three ...
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Weak earnings prospects weigh on stocksApr 24, 2013 4:10 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market finished pretty much where it started Wednesday as a mixed bag of earnings from big-name American companies left investors uninspired. The S...