Markets
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Asia stocks modestly higher after S&P hits recordMar 29, 2013 7:20 am - BANGKOK — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday as momentum carried over from yet another record high on Wall Street. Trading remained thin, however, as stock, b...
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S&P 500 closes at a record high, beating ‘07 markMar 28, 2013 4:27 pm - NEW YORK — For the second time in less than a month, the stock market marched past another milepost on its long, turbulent journey back from the Great Recession, topplin...
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Grain futures, livestock prices rise at Chicago Board of TradeMar 28, 2013 7:12 am - Associated Press Grains futures rose Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery rose 5.25 cents to $7.3675 a bushel; May corn rose 5 cents to $7.35...
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Oil pulls back from 5-week high; pump price dropsMar 28, 2013 6:59 am - NEW YORK — The price of oil retreated Wednesday, after a string of gains had pushed it to the highest level since late February. Benchmark oil for May delivery was down...
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Investors struggle to get past Europe’s woesMar 27, 2013 4:38 pm - NEW YORK — Investors just can’t get past Europe. Renewed worries about the region’s long-running debt crisis weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average on Wednesday, an...
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S&P nears record as home price surge lifts stocksMar 26, 2013 10:20 am - NEW YORK — The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed within a short reach of its all-time high on Tuesday. Rising home prices and orders for manufactured goods drove stocks...
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Oil rises ahead of US durable goods dataMar 26, 2013 6:32 am - BANGKOK — The price of oil rose above $95 per barrel Tuesday ahead economic data from the U.S. that is expected to reflect a recovery in orders of durable goods. Benchma...
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Markets steady after being roiled by EU confusionMar 26, 2013 6:27 am - LONDON — European markets steadied Tuesday, a day after they were roiled by a suggestion from a leading European finance official that the Cyprus bailout was a model for...
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Top E.U. official: Cyprus bank rescue new templateMar 25, 2013 11:00 am - BRUSSELS — A top European official says the move in Cyprus to inflict losses on banks' shareholders, bondholders and even owners of large deposits should become the bloc...
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US stocks fall on broad concern about EuropeMar 25, 2013 10:00 am - Stocks reversed an early rise on Wall Street Monday as traders returned to worrying about the European economy. Optimism about a deal to prevent financial collapse in C...