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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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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. ...