Markets
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On a quiet day, Apple rules the stock marketAug 27, 2012 10:52 am - NEW YORK — The biggest story in the stock market Monday was Apple, but that wasn’t saying much. Stocks barely moved. Trading was light, even by the slumberous standards ...
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German business confidence down more than expectedAug 27, 2012 8:36 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — German business optimism fell more than expected in August, according to the Ifo survey published Monday, another sign that Europe’s largest economy...
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Apple’s victory could mean fewer phone optionsAug 25, 2012 7:33 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple Inc.’s $1 billion legal victory could mean fewer smartphone options for consumers to choose from, analysts said. A federal jury’s verdict Friday...
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Samsung ordered to pay Apple $1 billionAug 24, 2012 6:07 pm - Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to c...
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Mexico scrambles to beat egg shortageAug 24, 2012 5:18 pm - MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government is battling an egg shortage and hoarding that have caused prices to spike in a country with the highest per-capita egg consumption o...
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S. Korean court rules Samsung didn’t copy iPhoneAug 24, 2012 4:42 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean phone maker Samsung won a home court ruling Friday in its global patent battle against Apple and its popular iPhone and iPad devices. J...
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Stocks rebound on Bernanke statementsAug 24, 2012 10:24 am - NEW YORK — The stock market keeps getting tossed around by the Fed. Stocks opened lower Friday but reversed course after a letter surfaced from Federal Reserve Chairman ...
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Growth concerns haunt global marketsAug 24, 2012 7:06 am - LONDON — Signs that the global economy is weakening and that Europe’s debt crisis is still far from solved weighed on financial markets on Friday. Economic indicators fr...
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Oil prices up on hopes for US central bank actionAug 23, 2012 7:13 am - LONDON — Crude prices rose to nearly $98 per barrel Thursday, with oil markets being driven by hopes that the Federal Reserve is leaning toward action to help the U.S. e...
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U.S, China stimulus hopes boost global marketsAug 23, 2012 6:48 am - LONDON — World financial markets rose Thursday on hopes that more help for the global economy is on the way, after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve showed policy ma...