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Nasdaq tries to reach dot-com-era peak
Composite is still 20 percent below the level that it reached in 2000
DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business
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Stocks higher, helped by retail, housing market
NEW YORK – Upbeat news from the housing industry and luxury retailer Tiffany & Co. helped lift the stock market Tuesday.
Homebuilder shares surged after the Commerce Department re...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business
Despite stock surge, bubble not on horizon
NEW YORK – Is the stock market due for a pullback?
The Dow Jones industrial average has surged since early October, crossing the 16,000-point threshold. IPOs are hot again. Small ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business
Why US bonds matter to global markets and you
NEW YORK – It’s no surprise that investors get nervous every time politicians debate raising the U.S. debt limit.
The stock market is the better-known barometer of the U.S. financ...
DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Why is Dow getting a makeover?
NEW YORK – The barometer of America’s stock market – the Dow Jones industrial average – is getting a makeover.
Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard are being dropped from t...
DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business
Syrian standoff sinks stocks
NEW YORK – Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of oil to the highest in 1½ years. ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business
