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Stocks give up gains after 4-day rally

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Wall Street's big rally fizzled _ and maybe that's OK. Analysts said Monday's pullback after a four-session surge didn't necessarily...

China Stimulus Package Spurs Stock Surge

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business


LONDON — Stock markets in Europe and Asia rebounded Wednesday amid mounting hopes that China will soon announce a big stimulus package that coul...

Warren Buffett's Metric Says It's Time To Buy

CNN | Carol J. Loomis and Doris Burke | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business


According to both this 85-year chart and famed investor Warren Buffett, it just might be. The point of the chart is that there should be a rational re...

Stocks Slump As Signs Point To Harder Times

washingtonpost.com | Neil Irwin and David Cho | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business


Businesses cut prices at a record rate and builders started fewer new homes last month than anytime on record, according to new government data, as th...

US Stocks See Biggest Weekly Gain Since 1974

Bloomberg | Posted 12.01.2008 | Business


U.S. stocks rose, capping the biggest weekly gain since 1974, after JPMorgan Chase & Co. took steps to end the housing crisis, bank lending rates decl...

Stocks Recover From Sharp Losses

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — It started with another stomach-turning drop at the open, and a loss of more than 300 points by midday. Then stocks changed course, r...

U.S. Stocks Stage Biggest 2-Day Rally In 5 Years

Bloomberg | Elizabeth Stanton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


U.S. stocks staged the biggest two- day rally in five years, led by financial shares, after Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn reinforced expec...

Black Friday Bargain Hunting On Wall Street Ups Stocks

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Stocks rebounded as investors engaged in a bit of Black Friday bargain hunting and looked for signs of how well retailers might fare during the holida...