Markets
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U.S. stock futures rise after week of wild swingsAug 11, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. stock index futures are rising after a week of massive gains and losses on Wall Street. Shares have been swinging by hudreds of points each day as trad...
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Wild stock swings? Blame the machinesAug 11, 2011 5:48 am - NEW YORK — Support levels. Moving averages. Breakouts. That strange language is being spoken more forcefully on Wall Street these days. It is the language of technical ...
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U.S. stock futures fall again after another big dropAug 10, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures fell Thursday, following European markets lower and a day after another big drop on Wall Street. Worries have focused on the health of Euro...
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Dow plunges 519 points amid European worriesAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stocks slid, dragging the Dow Jones industrial average to the lowest level since September 2010, and Treasuries rose for a third day amid concern the European...
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U.S. stock futures fall after best day since 2009Aug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures are falling in the wake of the market's best day since 2009. Stocks surged Tuesday after the Federal Reserve pledged to keep its key intere...
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Oil above $82 as Fed pledges low rates to 2013Aug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - PARIS — Oil prices rose above $82 a barrel Wednesday in Europe after the U.S. central bank said it will keep lending rates at record low levels for the next two years. B...
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Oil tumbles below $80 amid U.S. recession fearsAug 08, 2011 11:00 pm - PARIS — Oil prices tumbled to their lowest in almost a year Tuesday in Europe amid a global sell-off of equities and commodities triggered by investor fears the U.S. wil...
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Treasury rates sink after Fed statementAug 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Long-term interest rates sank near record lows Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said economic growth is "considerably slower." The Fed also pledged to keep a lid on sho...
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Plunge on Wall Street threatens to spook consumersAug 08, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — It's the last thing a nervous consumer and a fragile economy needed: a confidence-killing nosedive on Wall Street. Americans struggling with lean wages, job...
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Dow plunges more than 600 points after downgradeAug 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Stocks plunged Monday as anxiety overtook investors on the first trading day since Standard & Poor's downgraded American debt. The Dow Jones industrials fell 634.76 poin...