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Wall Street This Week: Inspiring Food, Uninspiring Fashion

December 24, 2015

Richard Drew/AP From Chinese dot-coms offering Western investors a quarterly glimpse into their latest financials to a small-box retailer of consumer electronics that's quickly losing its power, here are some...

Wall Street This Week: Building, Furnishing Your Home

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November 24, 2015

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Jupiter Images From a consumer electronics retailer looking to get its stock back on track with strong projected growth in its latest quarter to a pair of real estate developers looking to make the most of th...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Falls After China Devaluation

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November 4, 2015

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as China's surprise devaluation of the yuan currency hit companies with a big exposure to the country and added to worries about the global economic outl...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Ends Flat as Commodities Weigh

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September 13, 2015

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Louis Lanzano/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe PayPal IPO is displayed Monday at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New Tork. NEW YORK -- Wall Street finished little changed on Monday as a better-than-expected start to ...

Was Washington Right to Bail Out GM and Wall Street with TARP?

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August 29, 2015

Insurance Industry

Historians will look back on Washington's bailout of GM and Wall Street as the right move. That's because it's now clear that the costs of doing nothing would have been far higher than the expected losses. Bett...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Ends Higher in Sharp Turnaround

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August 23, 2015

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stock indexes jumped more than 1 percent Friday as worries about the economy after a disappointing jobs report gave way to a robust rally in energy and materials stocks. Th...

Street Lingo: What Makes a Stock ‘Small Cap’ or ‘Large Cap’?

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August 16, 2015

Index Funds

Gregory James Van Raalte/Shutterstock The mumbo-jumbo used in the stock market can stop many potential investors in their tracks. So is deciphering the lingo so you make smarter investment decisions. Today,...

Market Wrap: Stocks Fall as Street Mulls Fed’s Rate Decision

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July 14, 2015

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- Wall Street stocks closed lower Friday in heavy trading as the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates near zero fueled concerns about the potential impact of continuin...

Wall Street Heads Higher; Nasdaq Touches 5,000 Mark

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July 6, 2015

Nasdaq

Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images NEW YORK -- Major stock indexes headed higher on Monday as deals and economic news gave stocks a lift. The Nasdaq (^IXIC) briefly touched 5,000, the first time the ...

Market Wrap: Tech, Energy Lead Wall Street Higher

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February 23, 2015

Energy

Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEW YORK -- Big tech and energy sector gains drove U.S. stocks higher Tuesday, as an index of 100 major Nasdaq companies finished at a record closing high. The three major indexe...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Edges Lower as Energy Weighs

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February 8, 2015

Energy

Spencer Platt/Getty Images NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks edged lower Wednesday following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, as a decline in energy shares outweighed gains in the financial sector in...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Ends Lower on Weak Trade Data

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January 6, 2015

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks finished sharply lower Tuesday after a surprisingly wide March U.S. trade deficit raised concerns that the economy shrank in the first quarter. The $51.4 billion Mar...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Bounces Back After 3-Day Slump

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November 17, 2014

Nasdaq

Andrew Burton via Getty Images NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rose Thursday as upbeat retail sales and other U.S. data pointed to a strengthening U.S. economy and lifted optimism about consumer spending. Indexes ...

Wall Street This Week: Etsy Debuts, Intel Reviews

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September 27, 2014

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creativedc/Flickr From an arts and crafts marketplace going public to the top dog in microprocessors trying to overcome weakness in the PC market, here are some of the things that will help shape the week tha...

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