Markets
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Oil prices up as stock market rises
Apr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices gained ground Tuesday as the stock market rose on the strength of bank stocks, even as weak corporate profits and a global oil glut signaled...
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Banks pull stock market higher after sell-off
Apr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner convinced Wall Street to give banks another chance Tuesday. Geithner's assertion that "the vast majority" of banks have e...
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Stocks slide on renewed bank worries
Apr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are back to worrying about banks. Long-present unease about soured loans bubbled over on Monday after Bank of America Corp. said it set aside $13.4...
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Oil below $47 as stocks tumble
Apr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices plunged with the equity markets Monday as investors nervous about a week chock-full of corporate earnings reports sought safer havens in ...
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European stocks higher after Citigroup earnings
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets rose Friday, with Wall Street expected to open higher, following better than expected earnings from U.S. banking giant Citigroup Inc. an...
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Stocks end higher, keep 6-week rally alive
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Wall Street found enough in the latest earnings reports to keep its six-week rally alive. Stocks ended another winning week with a modest advance Friday as ea...
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Investors see safety in oil, prices above $50
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Benchmark crude for May delivery on Friday added 35 cents to settle at $50.33 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. With the May contract ending next...
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European stocks rally despite Wall Street swings
Apr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European stocks closed higher Thursday after a moderately reassuring update from Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, but U.S. stocks shifted b...
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Tech, financial stocks pull market higher
Apr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are growing more confident that the bruised economy is starting to heal. Stocks ended at their highest level in more than two months Thursday follo...
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Oil rises to near $50 on recovery hopes
Apr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors continued to prop up oil prices Thursday, betting the global economy would turn around this year. Benchmark crude for May delivery rose 43 cents to...