Markets
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Banks help push world markets higher
Feb 24, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets rose sharply Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. government had no plan to fully nationalize any of the cou...
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Stocks up as Bernanke says recession to end in '09
Feb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Wall Street a double dose of reassurance. Now it's President Barack Obama's turn. Bernanke told Congress on T...
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Oil falls near $38, following stock markets down
Feb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - VIENNA -- Ten-year lows for U.S. stock indexes dragged oil prices to levels near $38 a barrel Tuesday as a loss of investor confidence in global economic recovery swept ...
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World markets down amid US banking woes
Feb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets traded lower Tuesday on mounting concerns about the U.S. banking system and renewed fears about the capital position of leading financial f...
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OPEC cuts fail to boost oil prices
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices tumbled below $39 a barrel Monday as traders shrugged off reports that OPEC had slashed production, focusing instead on falling stock prices. Ligh...
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Major stock market indexes fall to 1997 levels
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points t...
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Credit card defaults could hit banks hardFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Credit-card defaults may rise beyond 10 percent this year, breaking records and wiping out more than half of annual profit for lenders including Bank of America Corp. an...
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Stocks tumble but close well off lows
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Despairing investors keep unloading stocks -- and there are no signs that the selling will end anytime soon. Wall Street tumbled again Friday, giving the mar...
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World stocks slide after Dow posts 6-year low
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets fell sharply Friday as the selling pressure on Wall Street was expected to continue at the open later amid pessimism about the ability of g...
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Oil falls below $38, reversing big overnight gain
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell Friday as investors watched Wall Street tumble and found little evidence that the global appetite for oil will increase anytime soon. Light, ...