Saturday, November 16, 2024

Stocks end mixed on weak economic reports

NEW YORK - Stocks zigged and zagged after reports that the U.S. economy is weakening at a time when China and Europe are also slowing.
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Bank downgrades could hurt loans, credit cards

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Relief over Spain bank rescue fades quickly

NEW YORK - A burst of enthusiasm over a rescue of Spanish banks melted away Monday within hours, and investor anxiety about the troubled finances of Europe grew on both sides of the Atlantic.
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A rare gain for the Dow

NEW YORK - The stock market is desperately looking for good news.
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Where are Facebook's friends?

NEW YORK - Facebook's stock is tumbling well below its $38 IPO price in the social network's second day of trading as a public company on Monday.
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Stocks slumping as 10-year yield near all-time low

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No sign of shareholder revolt against JPMorgan Chase CEO

NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon owned up to stock analysts and went on TV to accept blame for a $2 billion trading mistake. Next he faces shareholders, who are considerably less wealthy since the blunder was disclosed.
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Stocks edge lower on worries about China, Greece

NEW YORK - Two signs of trouble elsewhere in the world pushed U.S. stocks lower: slowing economic growth in China and a possible hitch in a deal to get Greece its bailout money.
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Even after backlash, banks quietly pursuing fees

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BofA settles discrimination suit

Bank of America agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers on home loans.
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Prepaid cards go mainstream

Rising fees have chased millions of people away from banks and into prepaid debit cards.
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Hackers nab card data from 200,000 Citi customers

NEW YORK - Citigroup's disclosure that the names, account numbers and email addresses of 200,000 of its credit card customers were stolen strikes at the core of modern-day financial life - the ways people buy groceries and pay the power bill.
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Nasdaq joins in global merger fray

NEW YORK - Instead of fighting the NYSE, Nasdaq wants to own it.
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Dow finishes up, Nasdaq down amid thin trading

NEW YORK - Stocks closed barely changed Tuesday amid light trading ahead of the New Year's holiday.
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Stocks end off their lows

NEW YORK - Stocks ended lower Monday on lingering fears that Europe's debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped below 11,000 earlier, but recovered much of its losses late in the day.
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Stocks pare losses, end mixed

NEW YORK - Stocks pared their losses and ended narrowly mixed Monday amid anxiety over Europe's financial crisis and a widening probe into insider trading on Wall Street.
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Stocks record worst week in three months

NEW YORK - The stock market recorded its biggest weekly drop in three months as a feeling of malaise took over after the U.S. failed to rally world leaders to come up with plans to strengthen global growth.
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Say goodbye to traditional free checking

NEW YORK - Free checking as we know it is ending.
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Nervous Americans want to easily access cash

NEW YORK - Americans want to be close to their cash.
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