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Stock Market Snaps Back From Six-Day Losing Streak

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

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NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday to snap a six-day losing streak on the S&P 500, rebounding from equities' biggest weekly...

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Wall Street Off To Its Best Start Since K-Ci & JoJo Were Huge

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 03.30.2012

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-- Rising consumer spending boosted stocks on Friday, and Wall Street closed its best first quarter since 1998. The Dow Jones industrial average ros...

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Mark Gongloff

Greece Is Blowing Up The Stock Market Today

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.10.2012

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The U.S. stock market could be on track for its worst day of the year Friday because of turmoil in Greece. Protesters are rioting in the streets of...

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Time Running Out For S&P 500 To End Positively, As Euro Crisis Looms

Posted 12.18.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - With two weeks left in the trading year, the euro zone debt crisis will remain the primary impediment to pushing the S&P 500 ...

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Credit Crisis: Tuesday's Market Preview Is Not Pretty

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 11.05.2011

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

Tighten those seat belts. It will be a bumpy and volatile week as markets are held hostage to policy developments in both America and Europe.

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Big Stock Offerings Next Week Could Boost Markets

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In the world of new stock offerings, everything about next week is big: The number of deals, the amount of money expected to be rai...

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"Banging" the U.S. Stock Market

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Tavakoli

If everyone wants to stick to the story of "woe is us, we had no idea things could go this wrong," then fine. No one is in control; no one is in charge; and no one can competently regulate our current system.

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Investors Cut Back On US Stocks, Seek Growth Abroad

CNBC | Jeff Cox | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even as the US market continues to rally, many institutional investors are trimming their US holdings and putting more money in foreign stocks--especi...

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Stock Market: 10 Signs it's Time to Buy

Terry Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Terry Keenan

Students of market history know that major bull runs don't begin until the excesses of the prior era have been wiped out and investors have thrown in the towel on stocks.

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Beware of China Buying U.S. Assets -- Is It Too Late for America?

Joseph Meuse | Posted 05.25.2011

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America is no longer the golden land. We need a collective kick in the pants to help us figure out how to reinvent our economy and rebuild our collective, national self-esteem.

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Stock Market Slide Hits Three-Month Low, Near November Level

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Tuesday, sending Wall Street near bear-market lows as grim regional manufacturing data signaled the recession is w...

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Stocks Fall As Investors Can't Shake Economic Woes

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Investors sent Washington a message this week: They won't commit to stocks until the government commits to a plan. Stocks ended lowe...

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Bring Back Trust in Banking: Some Ideas from Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vivian Norris

We all need to believe in and have trust in our banks, or the whole thing comes tumbling down.

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Asian stocks soar on possible US rescue package

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONG KONG — Asian stock markets soared Friday as a news of a U.S. government plan to rescue banks from risky mortgage debt brought hope of a let...

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Obama, Clinton Cite Economic Distress

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders urged President Bush on Monday to do more to address the housing woes at the root of the spreading...

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