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Stocks jump before financial rescue vote in House »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks surged while credit markets remained strained Friday ahead of an expected House vote on the government's $700 billion financial ...
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Exports fueled slight services expansion in Sept. »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (AP) _ Educational services, farms, utilities, stores and hospitals all saw their businesses expand slightly in September, thanks to strong exports and deliveries ...
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Oil near $95 a barrel on confidence of US bailout »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
HOUSTON (AP) _ Oil prices rebounded Friday from steep declines a day earlier with investors confident that a $700 billion U.S. bailout package would ...
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IBM 3Q profit a positive sign for tech sector »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Shares of IBM Corp. jumped Thursday after the technology company's surprise announcement that it was still plenty prosperous in the ...
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Stocks fluctuate as economic worries dog investors »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks fluctuated Thursday as Wall Street weighed the prospects for the economy after IBM Corp. affirmed its profit forecast and investors ...
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Apparel chains report dismal September sales »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (AP) _ Dismal September sales results from mall-based apparel chains, released Thursday, offered more fresh evidence that American consumers, spooked by the financial ...
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Us government may take part ownership in banks »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ News that the Bush administration is considering taking part ownership in a number of U.S. banks helped restore a relative calm ...
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Administration ponders part ownership in banks »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ News that the Bush administration is considering taking part ownership in a number of U.S. banks helped restore a relative calm ...
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Russian markets climb sharply »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's stock benchmarks surged Thursday to regain some of the losses suffered early in the week when the markets saw their ...
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Biden: McCain's latest plan bails out banks »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) _ Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican John McCain keeps switching responses to the economic crisis and ...
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Brazil poised to become oil superpower »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Four miles under the ocean's surface off Brazil's lush coast lie billions of barrels of recently discovered light crude ...
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US has dwindling number of tools in econ crisis »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ What's left in Uncle Sam's economic tool kit?
The commitment of $700 billion didn't impress markets here and around ...
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