Markets
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Stocks close higher, extend month's big gains
Nov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market closed out its best month since the summer, posting big gains for November even as investors worried about the strength of the holiday shopp...
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Oil near $76 as demand fears trump weaker dollar
Nov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Oil prices dipped below $76 a barrel Monday as lingering doubts over the global economic recovery and its effects on demand trumped bullish factors like the weaker U.S. ...
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Oil slides below $74 as Dubai woes roil marketsNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Oil prices dipped below $74 a barrel Friday as Dubai's debt problems jolted world markets and raised concern about the prospects for global economic recovery. By early a...
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Stocks tumble on fears about Dubai debt fallout
Nov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks skidded Friday as fear swept world markets that financial trouble in the Middle Eastern city-state of Dubai will upend a global economic recovery. Maj...
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Dubai woes hit world stocks again; Asia down most
Nov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets regained their poise Friday but Asia fell sharply as investors weighed the impact that Dubai's trouble with $60 billion in debt would ha...
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World stocks buoyed by Fed but dollar slides
Nov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets rose Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated that interest rates will remain at super-low levels for a while yet. Meanwhile, the...
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Oil nears $78 on weak dollar
Nov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK --The dollar's sway over energy markets was on full display Wednesday, with oil and gasoline futures rising sharply as the U.S. currency tumbled to 15-month low...
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Stocks rise following drop in jobless claims
Nov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks climbed Wednesday following a drop in weekly unemployment claims to the lowest level of the year and a rise in new home sales. The market's gains were...
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Banks weigh on world markets after China warning
Nov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets fell Tuesday following big gains on Monday, with China's main index posting its biggest drop in three months after the country's central ba...
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Crude prices near $76 on stronger dollar
Nov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell near $76 a barrel Tuesday with new data showing a slow U.S. economic recovery and consumer confidence that remains lukewarm at best. The doll...