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BusinessWeek
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Skepticism about the Fed's $200 billion liquidity plan, and another record closing high for oil, dragged the market lower Wednesday
Major U.S. stock indexes closed lower Wednesday as trading turned more cautious after the market's huge rally in the pre..
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CNN
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Oil prices briefly surpassed $103 a barrel for the first time Friday as persistent weakness in the U.S. dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted fresh money to the oil market. Light, sweet crude for April delivery on the New York Mercanti..
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BusinessWeek
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A surge in commodity prices derailed the market's advance Tuesday and raised fresh questions about the economy's health
Equity investors may have been able to shrug off more problems in the banking sector Tuesday, but a spike in oil prices to $100 per..
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SF Gate
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U.S. stocks headed for another lower open Wednesday amid continuing investor uneasiness, but futures prices pointed to less intense pressure than on Tuesday, when stocks plunged after the opening bell.
The Federal Reserve's emergency cut of its federal..
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CNN
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The Federal Reserve lowered the target for a critical short-term interest rate by a quarter of a point Wednesday, citing continued concerns about weakness in the housing market.
But the Fed indicated that it is also worried about inflation, a sign that..
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BusinessWeek
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Lower forecasts for corporate earnings -- and an analyst downgrade of investment banking shares --weighed on the market Tuesday
The market may be awaiting two big events in the coming days -- Friday's release of the November jobs report and the Federal..
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BBC News
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European stocks opened slightly lower on Tuesday, amid more worries over the impact the downturn in the US mortgage market may have on the global economy.
London's main FTSE index was down 0.7%, or 42 points, to 6,177 in early trading, while Frankfurt'..
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CNN
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European stock markets drifted lower on Tuesday after hitting fresh six-and-a-half-year highs as a profit warning from U.S. home improvement retailer Home Depot raised worries about the U.S. economy. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.35 p..
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BBC News
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Royal Dutch Shell has shrugged off the effects of lower oil prices to report a surprise rise in profit for the first three months of this year.
The Anglo-Dutch firm said net profit measured by current cost of supply for the first quarter was $6.9bn (ï¿..
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BusinessWeek
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Lennar reports lower earnings and grim outlook, while Ethan Allen issues an profit warning. Wednesday brings Bernanke's testimony and durable goods orders
Stocks finished lower Tuesday after home builder Lennar (LEN) reported a drop in earnings and won..
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CNN
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European stocks were steady to slightly lower on Tuesday, with financials crowding gainers as Dutch bank ABN AMRO and UK bank Barclays said they were in exclusive merger talks, while market losers included oil shares.
ABN rose 3.5 percent to a record 3..
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Yahoo News
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Oil prices fell Wednesday following a selloff on many global stock markets and expectations for lower demand from China, the world's second-largest oil consumer.
Still, continued tensions over Iran and expectations that the latest snapshot of U.S. inve..
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Market Watch
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Crude-oil futures fell under $60 a barrel Friday to close with a loss of nearly 3% for the session after the International Energy Agency trimmed its 2006 global oil-demand growth forecast, citing lower third-quarter demand from China and some industrializ..
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