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Asian stocks plunge after Putin announces action in Ukraine

By JOE McDONALD
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets plunged and oil prices surged to nearly $100 a barrel Thursday after President Vladimir Putin announced Russian military action in Ukr...
US long-term mortgage rates tick down to 3.89% this week

By MATT OTT
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell slightly this week, after rising to their highest level in three years last week. The average rate on a 30-y...
Fewest Americans collecting unemployment aid since 1970

By MATT OTT
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell to a 52-year low after another decline in jobless aid applications last week. Jobless cla...
US slightly revises up its GDP estimate for Q4 to 7%

By PAUL WISEMAN
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a brisk 7% annual pace from October through December, the government reported Thursday in a slight upgrade ...
Grains mixed, Livestock lower

The Associated Press
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar. rose 50 cents at $9.26 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 11.25 cents at $6.95 a bushel, Mar. oats was off 22.75 cents at $6.56 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans lost...
Iowa attorney general leads study of high fertilizer prices

By DAVID PITT
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Dramatic increases in the price of farm fertilizers have prompted federal agriculture officials and a leading farm state attorney general to look...
Fed's Waller says bigger rate hike in March may be needed

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Thursday he is willing to support a half-point interest rate hike at the central bank's next meeting i...
Lantheus, South Jersey rise; Discovery, Rent-A-Center fall

The Associated Press
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Discovery Inc., down 44 cents to $27.67. The owner of cable TV channels such as TLC...
Whipsawed financial markets end higher as Russia invades Ukraine. Is it time to sell or buy stocks?

Elisabeth Buchwald
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - Feb. 24-U.S. stocks opened lower Thursday as Russia began invading Ukraine. But remarks President Joe Biden made during an afternoon address on the conflict quelled some...
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

The Associated Press
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery rose 71 cents to $92.81 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for April delivery rose $2.24 to $99.08 a barrel, while the more heavi...

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