Markets
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Reports on consumer confidence, GDP tug at stocks
Nov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A disappointing report on consumer confidence and a more sober read on the economy pulled stocks from 13-month highs Tuesday. Major indexes posted modest los...
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Home sales data carry stocks higher
Nov 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors halted a three-day losing streak on the stock market Monday, sending prices broadly higher on a weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales n...
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Gas prices fall to begin busy travel week
Nov 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Retail gasoline prices headed downward to begin one of the country's busiest travel weeks, with more than 33 million people expected to hit the road for the Thanksgiving...
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European markets push higher ahead of Trichet
Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets rose Friday despite a drop in Asia as investors recouped some of the previous day's hefty losses ahead of a key speech from European Cen...
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Oil around $77 amid economic uncertainty
Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Natural gas prices have dropped by more than 12 percent in the past month as the country continues to sip at its energy reserves and a balmy November allowed...
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Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens
Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. After...
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Crude prices follow world markets downward
Nov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A global selloff on equity markets dragged down crude prices by nearly 3 percent Thursday, the first decline this week. The price for a barrel of crude dropp...
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World stocks lower amid valuation concerns
Nov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stocks fell Thursday and Wall Street was expected to open lower amid mounting doubts about the pace of the global economic recovery and ahead of more ear...
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Stronger dollar, weak economic data pummels stocks
Nov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar. Major indexes tumbled about 1 perce...
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Oil settles higher on weak dollar
Nov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices increased for the third day in a row as the dollar weakened and auto club AAA reported that more drivers are expected on America's highways next w...