Markets
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Oil hovers near $75 amid improving economic newsJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices hovered near $75 a barrel Friday after a big jump the day before as China's booming trade and lower U.S. jobless claims lifted stock markets and con...
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Dow ends up on U.S. jobs data, China trade growthJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors have sent the Dow Jones industrials back above 10,000 after a stream of upbeat economic news convinced them that maybe things aren't so bad after a...
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Oil hovers above $74 as U.S. crude supplies dropJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices hovered above $74 a barrel Thursday after falling U.S. crude inventories suggested demand is improving. Benchmark crude for July delivery was up 37 ...
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Bernanke comments help boost oil pricesJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Oil prices jumped sharply Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that the economic recovery remains on track. Prices also got a boost after the...
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Drop in energy stocks punctures early market rallyJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market had another late-day slide, this time because of fears that the Gulf oil spill will send BP into bankruptcy court. The Dow Jones industrials...
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AP source: SEC putting in new market rules soonJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Regulators are expected to put in place in the coming days new rules aimed at preventing a reoccurrence of last month's stunning stock market "flash crash...
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Stocks climb, not slide, in volatile last hourJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- This time, the stock market had a late-day rally. Most stocks have surged in the final hour of trading Tuesday to give the Dow Jones industrials a gain of 12...
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Oil near $71 amid debt worries, Bernanke commentsJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices slid back to near $71 a barrel Tuesday as European investors looked beyond encouraging comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and ...
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Oil extends losses to near $71 as stocks sinkJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices fell to near $71 a barrel Monday, extending last week's losses amid fears that U.S. job gains are slowing and that the European debt crisis may be s...
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Stocks fall in final hour of tradingJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks fell to their lowest level in seven months Monday after traders couldn't shake fears that Europe's economic problems will derail a global recovery. Th...