Markets
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Weak Treasury auction sends stocks lower
May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks are finishing lower after weak demand at a Treasury bond auction touched off worries about the government's ability to raise funds to fight the recess...
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World stocks rise ahead of US stress tests results
May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European markets extended their rally Thursday following key interest rate decisions and ahead of the formal release of the results for the U.S. government's s...
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Oil prices rise to six-month high
May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Oil prices climbed above $58 a barrel Thursday for the first time in nearly 6 months as the U.S. economy showed some signs of recovery, though analysts contin...
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Stocks jump as fears ebb about bank 'stress tests'
May 05, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are feeling more confident about putting their money in banks. Financial stocks pulled the market higher Wednesday as media reports trickled out th...
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World markets brush aside US stress test concerns
May 05, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets rose Wednesday as investor worries about the outcome of the U.S. government's stress tests of the country's 19 leading banks were allayed b...
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Oil prices jump to high for the year
May 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices surged to a 2009 high Wednesday after a government report showed that unused crude being placed in storage slowed a bit last week. Benchm...
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Stocks dip as investors take profits after jump
May 04, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sometimes a down day on Wall Street can be a good thing -- especially when it shows that investors are carefully weighing their next steps. Traders collected...
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Energy prices fall before crude storage report
May 04, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota -- Oil prices retreated from five-month highs Tuesday, a day before the U.S. government is expected to report crude storage levels have reached...
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Bernanke: Economy should grow again later in 2009
May 04, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday the economy should start growing again later this year, his most optimistic assessment of the c...
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Asian stocks mixed ahead of U.S. bank "stress tests"
May 04, 2009 11:00 pm - SHANGHAI -- Asian markets were mixed Tuesday after the previous day's big rally as investors turned cautious ahead of the U.S. government's "stress tests" for the 19 lar...