Markets
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European investors await Bank of England
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets rose only modestly Thursday despite earlier hefty gains in Asia -- which included a near 4 percent rally on Tokyo's Nikkei following det...
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Oil prices rise sharply on hints of rebound
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose sharply Thursday despite more hints that energy use is way down, with traders focusing instead on a rising stock market and surprising news f...
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Stocks surge as profits at Wells Fargo jump
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks surged Thursday to their highest levels in two months after banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. surprised the market with an early profit report that blew...
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Oil tops $51 on U.S. inventories report
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices climbed Wednesday as new government data showed bulging crude inventories rising less than what analysts were expecting. Benchmark crude for...
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World markets track US lower amid earnings fears
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets dropped for a second straight day Wednesday, with Tokyo and Hong Kong tumbling about 3 percent after a dismal start to the U.S. earnings se...
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Housing deal, hope for insurers lift Wall Street
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street broke a two-day slide Wednesday as investors cherry-picked insurance, technology and homebuilding stocks on bits of welcome news for those indust...
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Stocks extend losses to 2nd day
Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors dumped stocks for a second day Tuesday, prolonging a break from a huge four-week rally as the market girds itself for potentially grim earnings rep...
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Oil falls below $51 as rally loses steam
Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - VIENNA -- Re-emerging doubt about global demand drove oil prices below $51 a barrel Tuesday. But the market was poised to go higher if the start of first quarter corpora...
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World markets stumble amid U.S. bank, earnings fears
Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets stumbled Tuesday as fresh concerns about banks and upcoming earnings results from U.S. companies led many investors to book profits followi...
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Stocks fall after 4-week rally
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street pulled back for the first time in five days Monday as investors worried about balance sheets at banks and the quarterly results that businesses w...