Markets
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Stocks fluctuate on anxiety over earnings reports
Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A mix of corporate news sent Wall Street zigzagging Monday. Stocks rose on optimism about Pfizer's acquisition of rival drugmaker Wyeth but fell on earnings ...
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Oil prices jump in volatile market
Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose in another day of volatile trading Friday as investors parked money in commodities even as questions arose over how much OPEC will cut produc...
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Wall Street rallies after weak start
Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors' ambivalence about earnings reports left Wall Street with a mixed performance Friday. Traders pounced on companies showing signs of life and dumped...
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Dismal economic news drags oil prices down
Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- Rising U.S. jobless claims and a slump in new home construction pushed oil prices lower Thursday on fears that crude demand in the world's largest eco...
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Stocks pare losses from Microsoft, bank woes
Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks seesawed in a wide range Thursday as investors shuttled between worries about the nation's banks and hopes that quick action on stimulus spending in W...
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Oil prices rise to $42 as inventories swell
Jan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - DENVER -- Oil prices edged upward Wednesday along with a rebounding Wall Street, though investors awaited another government report expected to show that U.S. crude inve...
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Tech, financial stocks lead Wall Street higher
Jan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- IBM has given Wall Street a reprieve from bad news and investors have responded by giving stocks a big rebound from their Inauguration Day plunge. A recovery...
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Oil prices rise with some traders buying cheap
Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - DENVER -- Traders that could find scarce storage space for crude took advantage of prices hovering near five-year lows Tuesday, reversing at least for a moment the downw...
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Wall Street falls amid further banking worries
Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - The dawn of the Obama presidency could not shake the stock market from its dejection over the rapidly deteriorating state of the banking industry. Financial s...
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More earnings could answer questions about economy
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- As hundreds of fourth-quarter earnings reports stream in this week, Wall Street's reaction will turn on companies' answers to one question: When will the rec...