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SF Gate
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U.S. stocks headed for a moderately higher open Thursday after two sessions of steep declines brought by the surging price of oil.
While oil futures broke through $135 per barrel for the first time overnight, stock futures pointed to a modest rebound...
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MSNBC
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U.S. average retail gasoline prices have reached a new high of almost $3.20 per gallon and will likely jump another 20 to 30 cents in the next month, worsening the pain of consumers struggling to make ends meet in an economic downturn.
Gasoline prices..
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SF Gate
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Stocks were poised to open modestly higher Wednesday as uneasy investors sought to buy back into a market battered a day earlier by recession worries.
Better-than-expected profit results from Walt Disney Co. seemed to lift Wall Street's mood. Disney po..
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BusinessWeek
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Despite its massive population, India faces worker shortages in many sectors. Rapid growth means businesses must offer higher wages to keep employees
In a country with over 1 billion people, a worker shortage shouldn't be high on the list of concerns f..
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MSNBC
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The plan targets a looming crisis. Many subprime mortgages came with so-called teaser rates—interest rates that start out low but quickly reset to become significantly higher. Many of those loans—more than $350 billion worth, in fact—are going to re..
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CNN
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Luxury automaker BMW saw its net profit leap 78 percent in the third quarter, driven higher by increased sales, and raised its sales outlook for the rest of 2007 on Tuesday. The Munich-based automaker earned €803 million ($1.2 billion) in the July-Septe..
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CNN
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Dutch brewer Heineken reported a 24.8 percent rise in its first-half operating profit to 906 million euros ($1.2 billion) after expansion in emerging markets including Russia, but warned of higher input costs ahead.
The world's fourth largest brewer in..
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CNN
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Banks and commodity stocks led European shares 1.2 percent higher by midday on Monday as central banks assuaged investor fears over a liquidity crunch stemming from a crisis in U.S. subprime mortgages. At 1019 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top Europe..
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SF Gate
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Wall Street was buffeted by volatility yet again Monday, surging higher even as investors wrestled with credit concerns ahead of Tuesday's Federal Reserve meeting.
Investors have been searching for signs of where the economy and the markets are headed..
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BBC News
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US shares wobbled in early Friday trading after Thursday's sharp sell-off prompted by worries about higher interest rate levels.
However further declines in stocks were tempered by news that the US economy had grown faster than expected in the three mo..
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BusinessWeek
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A Goldman Sachs analyst upgrade of the stock—based on new management and a turnaround plan—sent shares sharply higher on June 12
Is it time for Pier 1 Imports (PIR) shareholders to break out the candy-colored champagne glasses? Investors starved fo..
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MSNBC
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Stocks were edging higher Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average trading around a record closing high, as investors mulled a rise in home construction, a mild reading on consumer inflation and a weakening U.S. dollar.
Investors were also cautio..
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BusinessWeek
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A positive profit outlook from Merck and some takeover talk about SLM help push up the major indexes, while the PPI rose and consumer sentiment fell
After a see-saw session, stocks finished higher Friday as investors poured over producer price index nu..
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CNN
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U.S. consumer confidence weakened in March as higher gasoline prices and recent turmoil in financial markets made Americans nervous about the future, a report showed Tuesday.
A separate report showed U.S. single-family home prices plummeted in January,..
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BusinessWeek
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Higher prices for shelter, medical care, and tobacco fed the stronger-than-expected rise in core CPI, which will keep the Fed focused on inflation
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in January, while the core rate (excluding food and energy) rose..
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CNN
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Asian stocks rose on Tuesday with Japanese exporters such as Honda Motor boosted by a weaker yen, while higher base metal prices helped lift the miners, including BHP Billiton.
Markets were also bolstered by gains in their U.S. peers, which drove the b..
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News.com.au
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THE major US share indexes opened higher in a move traders attributed to merger activity, as the market also girded for the Federal Reserve's looming interest rate meeting.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose a strong 73.78 points (0.61 per cent) to..
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Washington Post
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Inflation quickened last month as consumers paid higher prices at the gasoline pump, the grocery store, clothing shops and the doctor's office, while wages lagged, the Labor Department reported yesterday.
The report added to other recent signs that man..
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USA Today
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Inflation at the wholesale level surged in February, pushed higher by a big jump in energy prices and the largest increase in food costs in more than three years.
Wholesale prices rose 1.3% last month, the biggest increase since November, the Labor Dep..
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Reuters
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Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) slipped on Wednesday as some investors worried that big political wins by Democrats could bring higher payroll costs and derail the retailer's efforts to open a bank...
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