Markets
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Merger news drives stocks up
Dec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Another wave of corporate dealmaking stoked investors' confidence in the economy and carried stocks sharply higher Monday. Analyst upgrades of Alcoa Inc. and...
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Oil hovers around $73 ahead of OPEC meeting
Dec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The world's biggest oil producers seem content with the price of oil and consumers may be just as satisfied, at least for now, with the prices they are paying at the pum...
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Stocks trade mixed as options contracts expire
Dec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market drifted Friday as traders did some quarterly housekeeping and moved into technology stocks after two of the industry's big names said busine...
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Agriculture futures trade mixed on the CBOT
Dec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Agriculture futures were mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 9.5 cents to $5.28 a bushel, while March corn edged up 0.75 cent to $3...
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Oil jumps after Iranians seize Iraqi oil field
Dec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Crude prices spiked briefly Friday after Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and seized an oil field. Iraq's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Haj Aziz said Iran...
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World stocks drop as dollar hits 3-month euro high
Dec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets fell Thursday while the dollar strengthened to a three-month high against the euro after the Federal Reserve signaled it would start undoin...
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Stocks fall as dollar gains, FedEx disappoints
Dec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A stronger dollar and disappointing corporate news muscled stocks lower Thursday over concerns that the economy will struggle to recover. Major stock indexes...
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Natural gas surges on record supply drop
Dec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Natural gas prices jumped Thursday after the government reported that supplies fell by the largest amount ever for this time of year as frigid weather chille...
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Oil jumps as U.S. crude supply falls
Dec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday, wiping out a week's worth of declines after the government said supplies of oil and petroleum products dropped much more t...
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Banks help European markets advance ahead of Fed
Dec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets rose Wednesday following a report that global finance regulators will give lenders a decade or more to meet stricter capital rules. In E...