Markets
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Stocks edge up in another day of choppy tradingSep 14, 2011 12:00 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ NEW YORK — Stocks are closing higher for the second day in a row, led by gains in General Electric Co. and other indust...
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International oil prices fall as demand easesSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Drivers and businesses will use a little less fuel than previously thought this year, and that hurt international crude prices on Monday. Brent crude, which i...
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Late rally pushes stocks higherSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — A late afternoon rally pushed the stock market higher for only the second day this month. Major indexes spent most of Monday lower as investors worried that G...
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Oil Drops a Third Day on European Debt Crisis; Gulf Storms Ease c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Oil fell for a third day in New York, the longest losing streak in a month, as investors bet that Europe’s debt crisis will limit economic growth...
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Late rally pushes stocks higher; 2nd gain in SeptemberSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — A late afternoon rally pushed the stock market higher for only the second day this month. Major indexes spent most of Monday lower as investors worried that G...
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U.S. stocks fall on concern about Europe crisis, economic growthSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. stocks fell, erasing the weekly gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, on growing concern about Greece’s debt crisis and speculation Congress won’t pass Presiden...
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Greenspan says gold’s rise ‘vote of no confidence’ in currenciesSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today that gold’s rise is a “vote of no confidence” in the world’s vital currencies and that gold should be thought o...
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Euro falls to 6-month low on debt crisis; dollar risesSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - The euro declined to a six-month low against the dollar on speculation the European Central Bank will cut interest rates amid record Greek bond yields and the region’s d...
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European bank shares slide on Greek concern, Stark departureSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - European bank and insurance shares tumbled, sending Societe Generale SA to its lowest level since 1996, amid mounting concern that a Greek debt default will roil the reg...
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Oil drops most in week as Bernanke, Obama don’t boost confidenceSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Oil fell the most in a week in New York as speeches yesterday by President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke didn’t boost confidence in the world...