Markets
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Oil rises above $69 after upbeat U.S. data
Sep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Oil prices rose above $69 a barrel Tuesday as better-than-expected U.S. retail sales figures fueled investors' hopes for a global economic recovery, defying concerns abo...
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Industrials, utilities pull stocks higher
Sep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors funneled money into utilities and industrial stocks, helping the market carve out modest gains after early losses. Stocks rose after zigzagging in ...
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Oil drops below $69; natural gas rises
Sep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Natural gas demonstrated again how much it has split from the direction of crude, as prices spiked more than 13 percent despite an enormous glut in supply. Crude prices ...
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Stocks slide after 5 days of gains
Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors pulled money out of stocks after a five-day rally left the market at its highest levels in nearly a year. Even with the latest surge, stocks have l...
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Oil falls back below $70
Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell sharply Friday, giving up some of the gains crude made this week even as the dollar fell to a fresh low for 2009. Benchmark crude for October...
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World stocks rise on good China data, U.S. hopes
Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European and Asian stock markets rose Friday on strong economic data from China and comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who said the financia...
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Oil rises after decline in crude supplies
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices moved higher for a third straight day Thursday after a report showed that U.S. crude inventories decreased more than expected last week. Oil also ...
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World stocks rise on U.S. optimism
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European and Asian stocks rose Thursday and Wall Street was expected to gain at the open after a Federal Reserve report boosted hopes the U.S. economy is recov...
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Stocks close up after jobs report
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors poured money into stocks for a fifth day after a drop in weekly unemployment claims and a spike in oil raised hopes for the U.S. economy. The Dow J...
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Stocks pare gains on the Fed's economic assessment
Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks pulled well off their highs of the day Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said the nation's economy was stabilizing but also that problems remain. Th...