Markets
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Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensionsJan 26, 2012 10:00 pm - BANGKOK — Crude prices were steady Friday amid a weaker U.S. dollar and expectations that Europe will be able to find oil elsewhere if Iran makes good on its threat to i...
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Oil near $100 as Fed vows to keep key rate lowJan 25, 2012 10:00 pm - BANGKOK — Oil rose to near $100 a barrel Thursday in Asia after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates at record lows at least until 2014 to help jum...
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Madigan sues Standard & Poor’sJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - The Illinois attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Standard & Poor’s of misleading investors by assigning its highest ratings to risky mortgage-backed inve...
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Oil below $99 amid growth worries, Iran tensionsJan 24, 2012 10:00 pm - LONDON — Oil prices hovered below $99 a barrel Wednesday amid worries about economic growth and tensions over Iran, which Western nations are boycotting over a suspected...
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IMF and Germany at odds over how to rescue EuropeJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Global leaders are sharply at odds over how to rescue Europe from its escalating debt crisis: Should they focus more urgently on economic growth or on budge...
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Greece, earnings worries send S&P to rare lossJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Investors on Wall Street fretted Tuesday that a deal to keep Greece from triggering a financial crisis might fall apart, and a slew of corporate earnings repo...
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War of words over Greek debt heats upJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - ZURICH — The war of words between Europe and private investors heated up Tuesday as talks to reduce Greece’s massive debt burden hit an impasse. While the finance minist...
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Natural gas price rebounds from 10-year lowJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Natural gas prices are rebounding from 10-year lows as producers cut back and colder weather forces homeowners to turn up the heat. The price of natural gas ...
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Oil at $99 as Greek debt woes offset Iran tensionJan 23, 2012 10:00 pm - LONDON — Oil edged down toward $99 as uncertainty over a Greek debt deal offset concerns that Iran could block shipments of crude in the wake of the European Union's dec...
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Morgan stanley said to plan sale of Quilter to BridgepointJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Morgan Stanley is in talks to sell U.K. wealth manager Quilter Holdings Ltd. to buyout firm Bridgepoint Capital Ltd., two people with knowledge of the plan said. An anno...