Markets
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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...
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Stocks zigzag as companies post mixed results
Jul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are holding off from making more big bets on the economy. Stocks traded mixed Wednesday as traders remained hesitant to push further into the marke...
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Oil slips as U.S. crude supplies rise
Jul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dipped Wednesday after a government report showed U.S. fuel supplies are growing, with American consumers buying less gas even at a huge discounts...
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Stocks rise moderately to extend weeklong rally
Jul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market is coasting higher to extend a weeklong rally. Stocks are ending with moderate gains Tuesday, recovering from earlier losses, as investors j...
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World markets await Bernanke's assessment
Jul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets rose Tuesday as Wall Street futures turned higher ahead of more key U.S. corporate earnings and an assessment of the U.S. economy from F...
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Oil prices near $65 per barrel on better earnings
Jul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil traded near $65 a barrel Tuesday as a raft of better-than-expected profit reports boosted optimism that demand for crude would rebound. Energy pric...
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Wall Street looks to earnings to extend rally
Jul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are hoping companies' streak of good earnings news continues this week. The Dow Jones industrial average is coming off its best week since March af...
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Stocks close up 100 on CIT rescue news
Jul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Signs of strength in several corners of the economy are helping extend the stock market's rally. Stocks jumped again Monday following news that CIT had struc...
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Oil wavers near $64 on upbeat corporate earnings
Jul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota -- Oil prices wavered around $64 a barrel Monday as encouraging quarterly reports from major corporations were offset by what could be an exten...