Markets
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Banking stocks lead world markets down again
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets fell Monday, with Japan's benchmark tumbling to a 26-year closing low, amid ongoing concerns about the length and depth of the global econo...
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Oil prices near new highs for the yearMar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota -- Oil prices neared new highs for the year Monday as investors geared up for the potential of more OPEC production cuts. Benchmark crude for A...
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Stocks end down as focus returns to bank problems
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors have gotten used to bad news, but layoffs topping 600,000 a month still made for a volatile day on Wall Street. Stocks soared, sank and then clawed...
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Oil rises above $44 despite grim US corporate news
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Oil prices rose above $44 a barrel Friday on investor optimism that falling U.S. gasoline costs amid the worst recession in decades may increase demand for crude. Gains ...
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European stocks mixed ahead of US jobs report
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- European markets were mixed Friday ahead of the publication of what is expected to be an especially bleak U.S. jobs report. By noon in mainland Europe, Britain...
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Oil prices fall with global energy demand sketchy
Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices slumped Thursday after China announced no additional measures to revive its economy, and a variety of government reports suggested that energy use...
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Wall Street back in a tailspin on GM, bank worries
Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors fled Wall Street as fear grew about the stability of the nation's largest banks and worries mounted about General Motors Corp. The major market ind...
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Oil steady above $41 as investors eye inventories
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - SINGAPORE -- Oil prices rose above $43 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as regional stock markets rallied and investors looked to a U.S. crude inventory report later in the da...
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World stocks rebound on China stimulus hopes
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Stock markets in Europe and Asia rebounded Wednesday amid mounting hopes that China will soon announce a big stimulus package that could help limit the length ...
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Stocks jump after 5 days of selling
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Stocks broke a five-day losing streak Wednesday as hope spread that China and the U.S. are taking convincing action to restart their economies. Prices for key...