Markets
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Stocks climb amid pledge to balance tradeOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Stocks rose Monday after world finance leaders pledged to better balance global trade. But with no concrete plans in place to avoid a currency war in the futu...
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Stocks end higher for 3rd straight weekOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average rose for a third straight week, capping a two-month period in which the index has ended 7 out of 8 weeks higher than where i...
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Oil up above $81 as traders consider Fed movesOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Oil prices edged above $81 a barrel Friday as traders weighed the effects of possible moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve to spur economic growth and as finance ministers ...
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Oil rebounds on weaker dollar, rising stocksOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Oil bounced back Wednesday as a weaker dollar, strong corporate earnings and rising stock prices brought buyers back, a day after China's surprise interest rate hike cau...
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Market rebounds as dollar falls; Dow up 129Oct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A decline in the dollar helped fuel a market rebound on Wednesday that nearly erased a big-sell off the day before brought on by fears of a slowdown in China....
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Stocks try to bounce back from previous day's dropOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Stock futures bounced back slightly, a day after the market was hammered by a surprise interest rate hike in China and mixed earnings reports. Earnings are ag...
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China rate increase sends oil lowerOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Oil prices fell about 2 percent Tuesday after China surprised markets by raising interest rates in an attempt to cool its red-hot economy. Benchmark oil for N...
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Stocks down sharply amid mixed earnings reportsOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Investors pushed stocks down Tuesday as they digested news from a flurry of earnings reports from corporate heavyweights. Disappointing news from Apple Inc. a...
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Bank stocks push market broadly higher; Dow up 81Oct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Upbeat news for banks and homebuilders pushed the stock market broadly higher Monday, extending its gains for the month. Better-than-expected results from Cit...
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As year ends, a look at what's workingOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - As year ends, a look at what's working