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submitted by Robby for team staff news 43 weeks 1 day 17 hours 58 minutes ago
Boeing and Caterpillar posted gains on surprisingly strong earnings reports, but Apple shares fell, and bad news on housing sales kept the market down.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 43 weeks 3 days 20 hours 58 minutes ago
Big falls on world financial markets as fears grow of second successive eurozone summer crisisSpain announced tough curbs on the short-selling of shares on the Madrid stock exchange on Monday after fears of a second successive summer crisis for the eurozone triggered big falls on the...(more)
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submitted by Oscar Contreras 159 weeks 23 hours 12 minutes ago
In a matter of minutes, the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled about 565 points, losing almost 1,000 points on the day. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index and the Nasdaq followed suit. Computer programs intensified the selloff as market fell through some limits.
And then, almost as...(more)
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submitted by Mr X 239 weeks 1 day 21 hours 22 minutes ago
Despite cheaper oil and looser credit, stock investors on Wednesday could not shake their fears about the consequences of an economy that many believe is already in a recession. Worries about the corporate sector sent the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points for the...(more)
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submitted by Grace 239 weeks 4 hours 7 minutes ago
When is a 300-point plunge a relief?
Wall Street was pondering that question on Friday as stocks in the United States picked up a sharp sell-off that began in Asia and Europe. But before the opening bell, things appeared much worse.
Stock futures, essentially what investors are betting...(more)
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submitted by elvis 242 weeks 3 days 21 hours 43 minutes ago
Stocks fell by nearly 9 percent on Monday — the worst single-day drop in two decades — after the government’s bailout plan, touted by its supporters as a balm for the current market stress, failed to pass the House of Representatives, setting off a fresh wave...(more)
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submitted by Mr X 240 weeks 1 day 2 hours 53 minutes ago
An hour that has become known for its heartbreaking declines proved a boon on Thursday, as stocks gained 400 points in the final minutes, despite a rash of weak reports on the health of the economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average, which had swung wildly throughout the...(more)
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submitted by Jazz 244 weeks 3 days 21 hours 25 minutes ago
Nervous investors hit the sell button in the last half hour of trading Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 500 points on the day.
Wall Street had spent the day trying to make sense of a rapidly changing financial landscape on Monday...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 235 weeks 11 hours 30 minutes ago
Most Asian markets rebounded Friday after days of sharp declines in stocks around the world as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.
Major regional benchmarks opened lower after Wall Street touched multiyear lows overnight but climbed into positive territory by midday. Oil prices, which had...(more)
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submitted by Micca 241 weeks 21 hours 50 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks plunged in the final minutes of trading Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 600 points to their lowest level in five years after a major credit ratings agency said it was considering cutting its rating on General Motors...(more)
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submitted by Micca 241 weeks 2 days 14 hours 5 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) _ The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points amid escalating worries about credit markets and the financial sector.
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submitted by JKM 241 weeks 3 days 23 hours 47 minutes ago
Stocks took an even sharper dive late in the afternoon on Monday, as stricken investors sent the Dow Jones industrials down more than 700 points with 90 minutes remaining in the session.
Markets around the world spiraled downward on Monday as the banking crisis tightened its grip...(more)
