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• Stocks advance despite jobs report

  February 7, 2009 in Business on Page F1 NEW YORK – Investors have taken another big gamble on the government’s plans to help the economy – hoping that this one will finally work. All the major indexes rose …

• Stocks rise as service sector data top forecast

  February 4, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Investors grew more confident Wednesday after a better-than-expected reading on the service sector offered the latest incremental sign that the economy could be starting to mend some of its wounds.

• Markets stumble on poor outlook

  January 31, 2009 in Idaho on Page F1 NEW YORK – Wall Street ended its worst January ever by stumbling again over the banking system and the economy. The major indexes all fell sharply for the second straight …

• Obama criticizes Wall Street pay

  January 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – President Obama Thursday scolded Wall Street bankers who received millions of dollars in bonuses last year, calling the payouts “shameful” and chiding the executives for a lack of …

• Stocks fall on fresh worries about economy

  January 29, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Caution returned to Wall Street on Thursday as weak earnings reports and record unemployment claims offered the latest evidence of the economy’s struggles.

• Stocks fluctuate on anxiety over earnings reports

  January 26, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Wall Street has managed an advance the hard way — zigzagging in response to a mix of earnings and economic news before closing moderately higher.

• December existing home sales rise by 6.5 percent

  January 26, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Sales of existing homes posted an unexpected increase last month, closing out the worst year for the U.S. real estate market in more than a decade.

• Wall Street moves higher led by tech stocks

  January 21, 2009 in Business, Nation/World NEW YORK — A partial rebound in financial shares and gains by technology stocks pulled the market higher Wednesday, a day after fears about the banking system pummeled Wall Street.

• Recouping funds will take years for victims of Madoff’s scheme

  January 21, 2009 in City on Page A14 NEW YORK – Investing a dollar and getting 10 cents back in return is a bad deal even in today’s market. But recovering 10 cents on the dollar might be …

• Madoff hit with new restrictions, but no jail

  January 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – A judge on Monday allowed Bernard Madoff to remain confined to his Manhattan penthouse, rejecting a bid to jail the disgraced financier but imposing new restrictions to …

• Potential fallout reaches high, wide in alleged scheme

  December 16, 2008 in Business on Page A9 NEW YORK – The list of investors who say they were duped in one of Wall Street’s biggest Ponzi schemes is growing, snaring some of the world’s biggest banking institutions …

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