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BusinessWeek
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Even with the housing market declining, it's bad policy to give homes preferential tax treatment over stocks and other investments
Homeownership has long been a vibrant part of achieving the American Dream. But these days owning a home is more like sta..
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BusinessWeek
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Certain shares may appear enticing now but they could poison your portfolio later. On the list: Valero, Williams-Sonoma, and Winnebago
Bullish noises for the market abound. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke makes it clear that he's prepared to pull out all the..
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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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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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MSNBC
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February's stock market so far has displayed more stability than January's, but Wall Street wants to see a stronger economy on the horizon before it trades confidently again.
Investors are not counting on this week's readings on housing, inflation and..
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BusinessWeek
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Its customers are no longer panicking, but the online bank and brokerage still faces a shaky stock market and potential loan losses
E*Trade Financial (ETFC) appears to have dodged the bullet of bankruptcy—for now.
Three months ago, the online bank..
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BusinessWeek
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Why home prices could drop 25% more on average before the market finally hits bottom
As Washington policymakers struggle to keep the U.S. out of recession, the swirling confusion over the housing market is making their job a lot tougher. Will American..
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MSNBC
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As the White House and Congress work to head off a recession, fresh data out Tuesday points to further trouble ahead for the main cause of the downturn — a housing market that shows no signs of hitting bottom.
Home prices plunged by a record 8.4 perc..
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CNN
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Global market turmoil continued into a second week as European and Asian markets tumbled Monday in the wake of Wall Street's sell-off Friday amid persistent worries about a possible U.S. -- and worldwide -- economic slowdown. "With no market moving news o..
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CNN
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Market watchers are waiting nervously to see how Wall Street reacts to two days of share price turmoil when it re-opens on Tuesday following the Martin Luther King public holiday. Panic gripped world markets for a second day after Asian markets suffered a..
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BusinessWeek
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Jittery investors dumped shares Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 down over 5% in the first five days of the trading year
The wintry gloom that has enshrouded Wall Street thickened on Tuesday as major indexes slumped once again. Repeated attempts by equitie..
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BusinessWeek
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The pharmaceutical powerhouse enjoys a shot in the arm to its stock after putting its Vioxx litigation to rest. Now it can focus on bringing new drugs to market
On Nov. 9 pharmaceutical giant Merck (MRK) said it would pay $4.85 billion to settle 27,000..
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BusinessWeek
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Analysts say that if speculators flee the market en masse, prices could drop even more quickly than they've risen
Oil prices are soaring. Having jumped 40% since August, crude prices hit another historic high on Nov. 6, rising to $96.70 a barrel. The f..
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MSNBC
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Despite California wildfires and continuing problems in the housing market, General Motors and its Asian rivals posted U.S. sales increases in October and Toyota continued its drive to replace Ford as the No. 2 U.S. automaker, according to sales results r..
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MSNBC
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For most of today's investors, the stock market collapse of Oct. 19, 1987, was a defining moment — the biggest financial crisis in memory and a stern reminder about the nature of investment risk.
On that Black Monday 20 years ago, the Dow Jones indus..
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CNN
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European stocks plummeted on Friday, surrendering what was left of their 2007 gains as a spreading malaise in the U.S. subprime mortgage market continued to hit stocks worldwide. Banking shares took a beating, with Royal Bank of Scotland down 4.5 percent,..
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Yahoo News
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Here's a fact: The speculators and hedge fund managers who run today's stock market need market volatility in order to make money.
They can't make enough money if the market stays flat or moves only a bit, so they like extreme and unexpected price move..
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USA Today
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Internet search giant Google (GOOG) hopes to speed the development of plug-in hybrid cars by giving away millions of dollars to people and companies that have what appear to be practical ways to get plug-ins to market faster.
But the money, announced M..
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BBC News
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The number of new US homes built in May fell more than many analysts expected, according to official figures.
The Commerce Department said that the number of new homes built dropped by 2.1% in May, after rising 1% in April.
However, while constructi..
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FOX News
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Chinese stocks plunged Monday following government efforts to cool a market boom, recording their biggest one-day drop since a late February drop that triggered a global market sell-off.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 8.3 percent to 3,6..
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