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Stocks rise as consumer confidence climbs, treasuries advance
NEW YORK - U.S. equities rose, trimming a weekly loss, as an unexpected increase in consumer confidence and rally in technology shares overshadowed JPMorgan...
Stock futures advance as employment growth tops forecasts
NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures rose, following the biggest two-day gain in 2012 for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as government data...
S&P 500 valued below recessions since ‘57 as estimates fall
NEW YORK - The rout that erased $2.9 trillion from U.S. equities has pushed valuations in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index 25 percent...
Dow heads for worst weekly drop since 2008 on economic concern
NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Dow Jones Industrial Average will have the biggest weekly decline since 2008, as policy makers...
U.S. stocks jump as Treasuries trim gain after Bernanke’s speech
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks surged, reversing a 221-point loss in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke indicated...
U.S. stocks fall as S&P 500 has biggest slump since November...
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its biggest decline since November 2008, amid concern that a downgrade...
U.S. stocks plunge as S&P 500 posts biggest retreat since 2009
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks plunged, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the biggest decline since February 2009, as concern the global...
El-Erian says U.S. vulnerable to downgrade, may avoid default
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government may lose its AAA credit rating even if lawmakers reach a plan to avoid a default, said Mohamed A....
U.S. stocks slump as S&P cuts nation’s long-term credit outlook
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks slumped, sending benchmark indexes to their biggest declines in a month, after Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service cut the...
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