Markets
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Wall Street pushes higher after jobs data
May 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks soared Friday as Wall Street cheered the positive news it had been hoping for: Job losses slowed in April and big banks don't need as much capital as ...
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World stocks up after US bank test; jobs data eyed
May 07, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stocks rose Friday as investors braced for a key U.S. jobs report that could bolster -- or undercut -- a growing belief that recession in the world's lar...
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Oil futures end week strong
May 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices appeared headed for the strongest week so far this year on better-than-expected unemployment numbers and what some experts believe may be overly o...
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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...