Markets
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Oil climbs above $34 on aid reports
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - VIENNA -- Reports that the U.S. government may subsidize mortgage payments pushed oil prices above $34 a barrel Friday after investor skepticism about the U.S. stimulus ...
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Stocks decline as world finance ministers meet
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Investors sent Washington a message this week: They won't commit to stocks until the government commits to a plan. Stocks ended lower Friday, pushing the Dow ...
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World markets rise after Wall Street bounceback
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets rose Friday, boosted by a late turnaround on Wall Street and renewed hopes about government economic stimulus plans as Group of Seven finan...
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Credit card protections considered by lawmakers
Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Swiping your credit card would come with dramatic new protections under regulations considered by Congressional lawmakers Thursday. Among the industry practic...
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World stocks sag on concerns about Obama plans
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets fell Thursday amid pessimism about the Obama administration's plans to fix the U.S. banking system and restore the overall health of the wo...
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Stocks mixed after report of mortgage subsidies
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The stock market has made a late-day comeback, hoping that homeowners will get more help with their mortgages. A Reuters report that the government plans to ...
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Oil slides toward multiyear lows
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices slid closer to a new multiyear low Thursday because of growing doubts that the $789 billion stimulus package will reinvigorate the U.S. econ...
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Stocks end higher on agreement on stimulus bill
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors shuttled between optimism and pessimism Wednesday, finally betting that the government might help the U.S. economy out of recession after all. News...
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Oil prices fall on bulging inventories
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices plummeted below $36 Wednesday with yet another government report showing that U.S. storage facilities are bulging with unused crude. Ligh...
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World stocks fall on skepticism over U.S. bank plan
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday following a steep sell-off on Wall Street, as investors reacted with skepticism to the U.S. government's lates...