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07/08/2008 07:46 PM
With fuel prices soaring, sales of products designed to boost gas mileage are also rising — even though the government says they're not worth the money.
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07/08/2008 08:23 PM
Alcoa Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell nearly 24 percent as higher prices failed to offset the costs of raw materials, energy and disruptions at several facilities, the aluminum producer said Tuesday. (full story)
07/07/2008 04:46 PM
It has been statistically proven that only about 5% of Forex traders actually maintain consistently profitably results. Although there are other factors involved experts agree that the main culprit f... (full story)
07/07/2008 04:35 PM
If you try and be to clever with your currency trading strategy you will lose and if you work hard it wont help you either and this means anyone can win at currency trading if they work smart not hard... (full story)
07/08/2008 04:44 PM
Reuters - Oil tumbled more than $5 on Tuesday,
pushing losses so far this week to about $10, as forecasters
said an Atlantic hurricane would steer clear of offshore oil
platforms and the greenback gained against other currencies.
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07/08/2008 07:31 PM
Reuters - Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc on
Tuesday posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, lifting
its shares, as higher aluminum prices and sales volumes offset
increased costs.
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07/08/2008 05:18 PM
Stocks surged Tuesday, with falling oil prices and a stronger dollar giving investors an incentive to scoop up financial services and other shares hit in the recent selloff.
07/08/2008 02:05 PM
In classic contrarian style, some Wall Street pros are happy the bear is back.
07/08/2008 04:50 PM
The plunging stock prices of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could make the recovery for the housing market and the overall economy much more difficult, analysts say.
07/08/2008 07:04 PM
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07/08/2008 10:00 PM
Two professors found that younger fund managers became more swept up in the euphoria over technology stocks. (full story)
07/08/2008 10:00 PM
Money managers have traditionally made profits buying distressed debt on the cheap, but individual investors can get into the game directly as well. (full story)
07/08/2008 10:00 PM
A federal appeals court decides against a confusing law on mutual fund management fees. (full story)
12/31/1969 07:00 PM
Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc said on Tuesday depositors had been withdrawing cash at an "elevated" pace since a key U.S. senator questioned its ability to survive the housing crisis. (full story)
12/31/1969 07:00 PM
ASHBURN, Va.----Judge Albert J. Matricciani, Jr., of The Circuit Court for Baltimore City, has issued a preliminary injunction ordering two officers of activist hedge fund Costa Brava Partnership III LP of Boston to cease, desist and refrain from all contact with former, current and future auditors of Telos® Corporation. (full story)
12/31/1969 07:00 PM
Stanley Furniture Co. said Tuesday that it will consolidate two of its North Carolina facilities as part of its cost-cutting efforts. (full story)
12/31/1969 07:00 PM
Regional airline Comair said Tuesday that it expects to cut about one-fifth of its pilots and flight attendant jobs beginning this fall as part of parent Delta Air Lines Inc.'s overall cost reductions in response to high fuel costs. (full story)
07/08/2008 04:37 PM
Wall Street stocks rallied the most in over a month, bouncing back from bear market territory as falling commodity prices boosted consumer facing stocks and financials roared ahead (full story)
07/08/2008 03:22 PM
The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tried to ease investors' fears that the two government-sponsored mortgage financiers could have to raise billions of dollars of capital in response to potential accounting changes (full story)
07/08/2008 11:14 AM
Six Asian stock exchanges are planning to establish a trading platform linking their 180 largest companies to help promote cross-border and foreign investment (full story)
07/08/2008 07:13 AM
Wall Street weighed heavy on Asian markets as concerns over the credit crisis continued to mount (full story)
07/08/2008 07:13 AM
Wall Street weighed heavy on Asian markets as concerns over the credit crisis continued to mount (full story)
07/07/2008 05:40 PM
Court proceedings against the ruling party are adding to the volatile climate (full story)
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