Markets
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Oil rally sputters; prices below $67 per barrel
Jul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A two-week rally in oil markets sputtered Tuesday and crude prices fell along with the stock market. Prices first dipped in electronic trading before t...
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Stock futures point toward mixed Wall Street open
Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stock index futures pared their early gains Monday as investors, hoping to extend the market's rally, digested a handful of earnings reports. U.S. stocks ini...
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World markets rise at start of new week
Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets rose again Monday amid ongoing hopes that corporate earnings will outperform expectations and give another signal that the global recession...
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Stocks edge higher on mixed signs about economy
Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are still building on a stock market rally even when the news isn't all great. Stocks edged higher Monday after zigzagging in subdued trading on mi...
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Oil prices edge lower
Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices on Monday paused in their two-week rally, as stock markets dipped with mixed signals on the economy. Benchmark crude for September delivery ...
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World markets brush off Microsoft earningsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets rose again Friday despite some downbeat U.S. earnings news from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Inc. -- another sign that risk appe...
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Oil rises above $68
Jul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Crude prices rallied this week as the Dow Jones industrial average increased 11 percent in the last nine days and passed the 9,000 mark for the first time si...
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Stocks edge mostly higher; Microsoft drags Nasdaq
Jul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Most stocks rose Friday, extending a two-week jump that has added 11 percent to the stock market's major indicators. Disappointing results from Microsoft Cor...
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Dow tops 9,000 as home sales rise for 3rd month
Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors celebrated news of another jump in home sales by propelling the Dow Jones industrials to their first close above 9,000 since January. Better-than-e...
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Oil above $65 after mixed inventory data
Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - VIENNA -- Oil prices remained above $65 a barrel on Thursday as traders looked to stock markets for direction after U.S. crude inventory data gave mixed signals on deman...