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Breaking News
Dow crosses 14,000 for 1st time
IHOP agrees to buy Applebee's
Dow continues run toward 14,000
China bans 7 U.S. meat importers
Oil, gas futures off on inventory report
Budget deficit narrows to $205 billion
Car billed as world's oldest up for sale
Bush budget director resigning
Stocks edge up after Best Buy warning
Federal deficit sharply lower
Stores post modest sales gains in May
Switzerland to provide $820 million in assistance to new members of the European Union
U.S. factory activity saw its weakest month of growth since 2003
The Dow industrials fell 49.71 points to 12031.02
GM and Ford saw their October sales rebound from year-earlier levels
Boston Scientific calls J&J suit meritless
S&P 500 hits 5½-year high
Dollar slides versus major currenices as rate differential eyed
Yahoo says ad slowdown will crimp Q3 sales
U.S. household net worth grows at slowest pace in four years
Gold futures fall as traders fret over waning demand
G7 pressures China to let yuan float: reports
Stocks rallied for a second session Wednesday, pushing to four-month highs
Slow Aug. sales seen for U.S. automakers
Oil prices fall below $70 a barrel
Dow closes up 18, Nasdaq finishes up 12
Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter profits fell by 19 percent
Dow closes down 5, Nasdaq finishes up 2
Light sweet crude for September rose 18 cents to settle at $72.63 a barrel
edical device maker Medtronic Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose 87 percent
Teck Cominco Ltd. sweetened its bid for nickel giant Inco Ltd. today to $89 a share
CFO Indra Nooyi to succeed Steve Reinemund at PepsiCo - first woman CEO
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday it could take months to resume normal shipments of Alaska oil
British oil company BP will replace 73 percent of the pipeline from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field
Procter & Gamble Co posted a 36 percent jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday
U.S. trade negotiators arrived amid loud but peaceful protests against a bilateral trade agreement in South Korea
Hedge fund performance has steadied in early July
No G-8 expansion for India and China
Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a $30 billion compromise spending plan Saturday night to formally end a state budget impasse
Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian plans to take control of GM
GM chief Rick Wagoner will meet with Nissan and Renault chief in mid July
Rising interest rates and higher gasoline prices making customers face harder to keep up with their bills
Dow closes up 78, Nasdaq finishes up 18
Report on slowing economic growth advances US stock
Detroit's Big Three automakers all posted dismal June sales - Toyota up
SABMiller has made its first serious move into the fast-growing energy drink sector
Atlantic City's casinos ordered to close Wednesday
UK financial watchdog monitoring credit default swaps and loan trading markets
Petronas of Malaysia and China National Petroleum planning $2bn investment each in Russian oil giant Rosneft
Noël Forgeard stepped down as chief executive of Airbus parent EADS
Veteran buy-out chief and co-founder of Texas Pacific Group eyes Asia takeovers
Wal-Mart reports 1.2 percent gain in June
Boeing CEO sees honeymoon in corporate performances
Negotiations on a global trade treaty ended in disarray Saturday
UPS Inc. and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement
Crude oil futures briefly surpassed $74 a barrel Friday
Stocks ended a turbulent second quarter with a moderate decline Friday
Congress has taken a major step toward allowing oil and gas drilling in coastal waters
Arcelor investors on Friday rejected a planned alliance with Severstal of Russia
Retirees with company-sponsored medical benefits face higher costs
Verizon Wireless plans to prorate the fee it charges subscribers who break a contract
Interest rates on 30-year mortgages rose for a third straight week
Shares of Duke Energy Corp. surged Thursday following word that the company plans to spin off its natural gas businesses
US economy sprang out of a year-end rut and zipped ahead in the opening quarter of this year at a 5.6 percent pace
Intel agreed to sell its division that makes processors for handheld devices in a $600 million deal with Marvell Technology
Sales of existing homes fell for the seventh time in nine months
GM plans to offer 0% financing on many of its vehicles to clear inventory
A federal judge ruled that prosecutors violated the rights of 16 former KPMG partners
Paulson likely will be approved quickly by the U.S. Senate
Nissan sales in Japan were likely to fall short of targets this year by 5 per cent
The possible break-up of NTT delayed till 2010
erman business sentiment has hit a 15-year high
About 35,000 hourly workers at General Motors Corp. have taken buyout or early retirement offers
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Toy manufacturer Mattel takes 'full responsibility' for three worldwide recalls involving more than 21 million toys, citing design flaws
Media Release
U.S.-based toy giant Mattel issued an extraordinary apology to China on Friday over the recall of Chinese-made toys, taking the blame for design flaws and saying it had recalled more lead-tainted toys than justified.
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Dow 20,000 a reality now in two years time frame
Tania Abelson
The stock market never looked so good in the history of the mankind. Dow will take out 13,000 this week and 20,000 in the next two years. The Dow Theory signal is coming true.
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A strange correlation between capacity utilization and housing sector points to lower stock and real estate prices ahead
Sam Adelton
The stock market is still marching ahead with very high complacency as manifested by the VIX – the fear index in Wall Street. VIX fell below 10 last week!
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Copper and lumber predicting severe downturn in economy, real estate and eventual stock market collapse
Joe Weinman
Lumber and copper has fallen together every time when stocks and real estate crashed sown due to economic weaknesses.
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The dollar traded broadly higher against major currencies
Media Release
The dollar traded broadly higher against major currencies Tuesday, touching a one-week high versus the euro, after a report showed U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in September, helped by lower gasoline prices.
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Another sign of coming recession - a very early one from those feel the impact first
Tania Sorabji
Early signs of deep recession as investment bankers start cutting cost to survive the downturn - Credit Suisse take the lead. It is another sign of coming recession - a very early one from those feel the impact first.
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Oil, stocks and gold all will tumble because of US economy
Sam Adelton
The US economy is so weak internaly that oil, stock and gold can all collapse in a commodity deflation driven mega trend.
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Attorney Generals of California and other states dertermined to make sure HP leak scandal do not repeat again in other companies - indictments eminent
Media Release
HP lost close to 4.3% of the stock price today and experts say it can lose 30% very fast if things do not look better soon.
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SEC actions on hedge funds too late too little
Kirsten Henson
The hedge funds that pushed oil to eighties and made copper price go up by 500% are now in a total blood bath . SEC scrutiny of the same is too late and too little. SEC actions on hedgefunds may not make any bdifference at this stage.
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Stocks declined Tuesday after a weak housing report outweighed data showing inflation remains relatively tame
Media Release
The producer price index fell 0.4% but the real nasty news came from housing starts that slumped 6% on top already collapse that btook place earlier in the year.
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US Federal Reserve must lower the interest rates rapidly now to halt free falling US economy from a total catastrophic collapse
Sam Adelton
It seems like Japan in early nineties but in an accelerated mode. The biggest problem for the US economy as talked before is the real estate and heavy consumer debt. The Government debt is also a major problem as US economy rapidly shrinks.
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The bubbles in India, China and price pattern in Gold and oil forecast worldwide depression with relatively high commodity inflation
Paula Harris
It is time for Federal Reserve in US to preempt fast and decisively now. They should not do what they did in 1987. They should lower the rates after the big stock market crash. It will be too late this time. It is time for them to act now.
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10000 more at Ford to become unemployed as Ford heads towards bankruptcy
Media Release
No. 2 automaker to hasten and expand plant closings, trim a third of white-collar jobs and suspend dividend; still, stock tumbles as expected rebound to profitability delayed.
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Soaring global oil prices sent the U.S. trade deficit to an all-time high
Media Release
Soaring global oil prices sent the U.S. trade deficit to an all-time high, and Democrats hoping to take control of Congress said the figures showed Republican policies have failed.
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HP chair Dunn to leave post after spy scandal
Grace Wong - CNNMoney.com staff writer
Hewlett-Packard announced a shakeup of its board Tuesday in the wake of its controversial leak investigation, but the company's problems are far from behind it.
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The possibility fo the October melt down just like 1987 is real again
Sam Adelton
Stagflation and slow consumer spending are making market ready for October crash again - Dow Ends Down 36, Nasdaq Closes Down 16
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The slowdown in the once-sizzling housing market is spreading
Media Release
The slowdown in the once-sizzling housing market is spreading, with 28 states and the District of Columbia reporting spring sales declines, led by big drops in former boom areas of Arizona, Florida and California.
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Dow industrials and S&P 500 give back almost all gains as oil prices stem losses but Nasdaq holds on
Media Release
A morning mega-rally turned into a small tech advance Monday as a broad advance petered out by the close, with only the Nasdaq holding on to gains.
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