Markets
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World stocks down ahead of key Senate vote
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World stock markets mostly fell Tuesday ahead of the unveiling of the U.S. Treasury's bank rescue plan and the Senate's expected approval of a massive stimulus...
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Oil prices fall after rescue plan unveiled
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices fell alongside the broader markets Tuesday with few details released about a Treasury Department program to raise more than $1 trillion i...
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Private sector tapped in new bank bailout plan
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - An administration official said Monday the overhaul of the government's $700 billion financial rescue program is likely to include a partnership with the pr...
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Stocks plummet as government unveils stimulus plan
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are frustrated with the government's latest bank bailout plan -- and showed it by unloading stocks. The major stock indexes fell more than 4 percen...
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Oil prices fall despite OPEC project postponements
Feb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil closed below $40 a barrel for the first time in about three weeks as another round of poor company earnings and job cuts overshadowed an OPEC announcemen...
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Stocks end mixed as investors look to Wash.
Feb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Investors are waiting for Washington to make the next move. Stocks ended a quiet session with only modest changes Monday as Wall Street sought details of how ...
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Wall Street anxious for passage of stimulus
Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The coming week on Wall Street will be largely shaped by events in Washington, with investors anticipating the passage of an economic stimulus bill while awa...
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Oil holds above $40 as stimulus, bank plans mulled
Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - SINGAPORE -- Oil prices hovered near $40 a barrel Monday in Asia as investors weighed a massive stimulus package and a bank rescue plan from the U.S. this week against s...
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Stocks rally despite job losses
Feb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street has had another big rally as investors bet the government will take some big steps to help the economy. Investors are awaiting a Senate vote on i...
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Oil falls drops below $40 on dismal jobs report
Feb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dropped below $40 Friday as the government reported U.S. employers slashed more than a half million jobs last month, the most in 35 years. Light, ...