Markets
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Stocks dive, Dow off 376 on world economic worriesMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks plunged again Thursday as more investors woke up to the possibility that economic problems such as Europe's debt crisis might spread around the world ...
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Oil falls to around $68 amid Europe growth fearsMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Memorial Day travelers should get a gift at the gas pump as they head out for the holiday weekend. Gasoline prices dropped Thursday for the second week in a ...
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Stocks slide after investors focus on Europe woesMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks resumed their slide Wednesday after investors looked past a rising euro to still unanswered questions about Europe's debt crisis. The Dow Jones indust...
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Oil falls near $68 to 8-month lowMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Oil prices fell to near $68 a barrel Wednesday, extending losses to an eight-month low as mixed U.S. crude supply figures failed to stem a two week sell-off. By early af...
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Oil gives up early gains, heads down againMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - It looked for a while on Tuesday that the two-week slide in oil prices that dragged crude down to its lowest price of the year would end. It didn't. Benchmark crude for ...
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Stocks slide after euro falls to new 4-year lowMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors uneasy about the news coming out of Europe Tuesday went back to selling stocks sharply lower. The falling euro and news that German regulators plan...
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Dow recovers from 184-point drop to edge higherMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks ended an erratic session little changed Monday after investors spent the day tracking the euro's moves against the dollar. A drop and subsequent rebou...
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Oil drops again; decline slowly gets to gas pumpMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Oil prices fell again Monday and have now fallen about 20 percent in just two weeks as investors worry about the ripple effects of a debt crisis in Europe. Oil fell belo...
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Big seller in market drop ID'ed as Waddell & ReedMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Shares of money manager Waddell & Reed Inc. fell Friday as it was identified as the stock trader that sold off a large number of index futures contr...
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Oil settles below $72 as stock markets slideMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Oil prices have dropped to levels not seen since February. Crude tumbled with the stock market Friday, as investors worried that European economies would slow down and h...