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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street looked to extend its sharp decline Friday after the government disappointed investors with news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace.
The Labor Department said..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Wall Street broker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he and a colleague duped investors into purchasing more than $1 billion in high-risk securities by making it look as though the trades were protected by the federal gover..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street finished mixed in fickle trading Wednesday, with investors unsettled about the economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewhat relieved about sliding commodities prices.
The Commerce Department gave the market j..
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Treasury prices rose Wednesday as investors saw signs of lessening inflation and continued economic slowdown.
The benchmark 10-year note rose 10/32 to 102 15/32 and its yield fell to 3.7% from 3.73% late Tuesday. Bond prices and yields move in opposite d..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slipped in choppy trade on Wednesday as signs of increasingly sluggish growth in the world economy left investors worried about the outlook for consumer spending and corporate profits.
Tech bellwethers such as Intel Corp (Nas..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set for another volatile week after the Labor Day holiday, as investors track Hurricane Gustav, the price of oil, key economic data and continued fallout from the credit crisis.
Gustav initially came roaring into the..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set for another volatile week after the Labor Day holiday, as investors track Hurricane Gustav, the price of oil, key economic data and continued fallout from the credit crisis.
Gustav is expected to hit the U.S. Gulf..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set for another volatile week after the Labor Day holiday, as investors track the price of oil, key economic data and continued fallout from the credit crisis.
All eyes will be on Hurricane Gustav and its potential to..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Treasury prices mostly fell Friday ahead of the long holiday weekend as traders booked profits in an abbreviated session.
Investors examined an apparent improvement in Midwest business conditions, which perhaps dampened demand for the sa..
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MUMBAI, India (AP) -- Indian stocks surged Friday as investors took heart from new government data that showed moderating inflation and reasonable economic growth.
The benchmark Sensex index surged 3.67 percent to 14,564.53. Bank stocks led the rally, as..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Treasury bonds mostly fell Thursday after a government report indicated the economy grew at a faster pace during the second quarter and at least temporarily eased investors' need for safe-haven bets.
The Commerce Department reported that..
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With energy and climate concerns at the top of the U.S. political, investment and business agendas, more than 600 of the world’s leading cleantech investors -- representing over $3 trillion in capital -- will convene with en..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Treasury bond prices showed little movement in light volume Tuesday as investors found few new clues about inflation in minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting.
Treasury market investors pored over the Aug. 5 minutes that appeare..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street headed for a narrowly mixed open Tuesday, a day after a big pullback, as investors awaited key readings on new home sales and consumer confidence.
Investors expect the Commerce Department report to show new home sales dropped..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Treasury bonds declined Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate, which would therefore lessen the need for an interest rate hike.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Freddie Mac talked to investors this week about possibly buying its stock to raise much-needed capital but billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he passed on an opportunity to help the troubled mortgage giant.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Silver prices slipped Friday as investors moved out of commodities due to a strengthening dollar.
September silver futures fell 25 cents, or 2 percent, to settle at $13.477 an ounce.
The dollar gained ground against the euro Friday afte..
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The Georgia Invasion: In contrast with the West's otherwise tepid response to Moscow's new nationalism, one group has taken a tough stance -- investors, who are leading the march out of Russia's markets.
On Friday, Russia's central bank announced that it..
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LONDON (AP) -- Denial of parole for a jailed Russian oil tycoon and tension between Russia and the West over Moscow's military clash with Georgia are giving global investors increasing reasons to worry whether the country is the right place to be.
The re..
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Oil prices bounced back Tuesday as the dollar weakened and investors worried that a predicted fall in gasoline supplies could cause refineries to step up crude use.
U.S. crude for September delivery rose $1.66 a barrel to settle at $114.53. Prices were v..
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