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• Stock experts see divided year ahead

  - 2008-01-02

  NEW YORK -- Investors with short time horizons might want to remind themselves that there are 12 months in a year. The reason: 2008 could be a tale of two markets on Wall Street. The first half of '08 could spell trouble. The second half is...

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• Executive Suite

  - 2006-11-06

  Watch, listen & read By Jacqueline Blais, USA TODAY On TV Iconoclasts Airs on Sundance, Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT Two people -- seemingly unlikely matches -- get together for hour-long conversations about creativity and how they work. *Thursday: Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction) and singer/songwriter Fiona Apple. *Nov....

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• Nasdaq continues gain; Dow slips a bit

  - 2006-01-11

  Only tech stocks could keep their perfect 2006 record alive Tuesday, after disappointing earnings from Alcoa dampened the rest of Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index gained 1.63 points to 2320.32, stretching its gain this year to 5.2%. This is the first time since 1999 that the Nasdaq...

  Tags: Alcoa Inc., FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock, The Dow Chemical Co., USA Today

• Book looks at how, why U.S. investors were 'Robbed Blind'

  - 2005-06-13

  You've read the lurid details of the Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and HealthSouth debacles. It's quite possible you're an investor, employee or retiree who was flattened by the wave of accounting scandals and fraud that rolled through the U.S. stock market in recent years. In any case, you should still be...

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• Wall Street quiet amid high oil prices

  - 2005-03-18

  Stocks turned in an uneventful day Thursday as oil prices backed down from their latest new high. All three major market indexes moved less than 0.2% as investors continued avoiding big bets until the direction of oil prices is clearer. Still reeling from Wednesday's stunning earnings warning from...

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• Stocks pause a bit amid crosscurrents

  - 2004-12-30

  Following Tuesday's strong rally, stocks began to wind down for the year Wednesday as all three major indexes notched modest losses. A slight rise in oil prices and doubt over an order for Boeing aircraft from China took their toll on blue-chip stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average sank...

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• Stocks have inevitable 'sideways' day

  - 2004-11-16

  Stocks had an uneventful day Monday despite falling oil prices, as investors sold to lock in recent gains. Lifted by news that component American International Group could be close to settling with regulators investigating the insurance industry, the Dow Jones industrials rose 11.23 points to 10,550.24, led by AIG's...

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• Dow, Nasdaq take a hit from oil, Merck

  - 2004-10-08

  Escalating oil prices and worries about drug-safety rules continued to drag on stocks Thursday. Hammered by the mounting declines of Merck 's shares, which are still reeling from the drugmaker's recall last week of key product Vioxx, the Dow Jones industrials fell 114.52 points to 10,125.40. The Dow is...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Merck & Co. Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock, The Dow Chemical Co., USA Today

• Markets up as gas prices fall, hopes rise

  - 2004-06-08

  Stocks continued their winning ways Monday now that investors are comforted by falling gas prices and rising hopes for the economy. The Nasdaq closed above 2000 for the first time since late April, while the Dow Jones industrial average hit its highest close in more than a month. ...

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• Markets lose momentum as quarter ends

  - 2004-04-01

  Stocks traded lower on the last day of the first quarter Wednesday as investors worried high energy costs could be a continuing drag on the economy. The Nasdaq composite fell 6.41 points to 1994.22, yanking the tech-heavy index down 0.5% for the year. By suffering a loss in the...

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