Markets
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Oil rebounds alongside stocks to more than $68
Aug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rebounded alongside the major stock indicides Tuesday after a huge sell-off that began the week. Still, energy prices swung early in the day with ...
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Earnings data help stocks regain ground after drop
Aug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Some better-than-expected retail earnings reports and the latest reading on housing Tuesday drew investors back into the stock market after the previous day'...
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Oil falls below $66 on worries of slow recovery
Aug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Oil prices fell below $66 a barrel Monday as investors worried that crude demand will recover only slowly in the U.S. and brushed off upbeat economic growth da...
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Stocks plunge as investors worry about consumers
Aug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors' rising fears about consumer spending are turning stocks into a risky investment again. Stocks fell by the sharpest amount in six weeks and Treasur...
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World markets up amid recovery hopes
Aug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets mostly rose Friday, with Japan's main index hitting a ten-month high, amid mounting investor optimism that the global economy is emerging f...
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Oil below $70 on weak demand
Aug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Energy prices tumbled Friday on more evidence that U.S. consumers are unlikely to take the lead in an economic recovery. Crude this year has risen steadily o...
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Stocks drop as investors worry about consumers
Aug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The fear on Wall Street is that nervous consumers are going to short-circuit the economic recovery. Stocks fell sharply Friday, taking the major indexes down...
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Stocks rise modestly after jobs, retail data
Aug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors sent stocks higher for a second day in a row Thursday, giving all the major indexes a moderate boost and adding to the gains that followed upbeat c...
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Oil rises above $71
Aug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose above $71 a barrel Thursday as a weaker dollar drove investors toward energy commodities. Benchmark crude for September delivery added 80 cen...
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European stocks pare gains after downbeat U.S. datance on Fed comments, European data
Aug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets trimmed gains Thursday as Wall Street opened lower after disappointing U.S. retail sales data reined in optimism about the speed of reco...