Markets
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Investors look to companies for clues on economy
Jul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are about to get some of the economic data they've been craving -- from the country's big corporations. Hundreds of earnings reports from the April...
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Stocks falter as earnings jitters increase
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors seem to be running short on hope. With little upbeat news ahead of a crush of corporate earnings reports next week, stocks on Friday hit their long...
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World stocks down as U.S. consumer confidence slides
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets fell Friday after a survey showed U.S. consumer confidence falling to its lowest level since March and amid ongoing worries that the U.S. s...
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Oil dips below $59 as earnings season opens
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dipped below $59 a barrel Friday, ending a week in which crude has fallen more than 10 percent on growing pessimism about the economy and also the...
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Gains in financials, tech stocks lift market
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are finding some appetite for risk after a jittery week. Stocks edged higher Thursday, with all the major indexes rising in the single digits. Inve...
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Oil dips below $60 with consumers scaling back
Jul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dropped below $60 a barrel Thursday, continuing a seven-day slide with new consumer and employment data casting a pall over energy markets. Benchm...
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Anxiety over economic recovery weighs on stocks
Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors can't shake their worries that the economy won't be able to lock in a recovery by the end of the year. Stocks finished mostly lower after zigzaggin...
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Oil prices tumble near $60 as gas supplies surge
Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices neared $60 per barrel Wednesday as the government reported that stockpiles of unused gasoline soared again. Retail gas prices have fallen every da...
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European stocks edge up despite Nikkei's 5th fall
Jul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON-- European stock markets rose modestly Tuesday following late day-before gains on Wall Street -- but the fifth straight retreat on Japan's main Nikkei index provi...
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Energy drags stocks lower
Jul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors sent stocks sliding after another tumble in oil prices eroded hopes for a speedy recovery in the economy. Major stock market indexes skidded about ...