Markets
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Tech stocks rise but broader market declines
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors worrying about a deepening recession have been cherry-picking stocks, sending tech shares higher and financials and blue chips lower. The market's ...
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Stocks slip after GDP report, mixed earnings
Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks slumped for a second straight day Friday as investors, already on edge about the worsening economy, were further rattled by a report that Washington's...
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Oil below $42 on dismal US economic outlook
Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Caught between dismal U.S. economic numbers and news of possible further OPEC cuts, oil prices hovered Friday near their previous close below $42 a barrel. L...
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Oil prices fall on housing, jobless numbers
Jan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices dropped Thursday as layoffs spread, orders for big-ticket manufactured goods evaporated and the U.S. homebuilding industry posted its worst annual...
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Stocks fall on fresh worries about economy
Jan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Caution returned to Wall Street Thursday as unemployment claims reached a record high and new home sales hit a record low -- two glaring signs that the econo...
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Stocks jump on reports of plan for bad bank assets
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Financial stocks led Wall Street sharply higher Wednesday on investor hopes the Obama administration will create banks to absorb the bad assets weighing down...
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Oil prices edge downward for third day
Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell Wednesday with the government reporting that crude inventories continue to grow as businesses and consumers slash energy spending. Light, swe...
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Stocks rise for second day
Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Some of Wall Street's earnings anxiety is easing - at least for the time being. The market had its second straight moderate advance Tuesday, rising after comp...
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Oil prices tumble on jobs, housing, consumer data
Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices tumbled sharply on Tuesday with more evidence of decline in the U.S. housing industry, more job cuts and plunging consumer confidence, all o...
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Oil falls below $46 as Wall Street gives up gains
Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota -- Oil prices fell Monday as investors weighed early gains in the equity markets against signs of a deepening recession that could further eat ...