NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, when the Lehman Brothers investment bank was solvent, unemployment a healthy 5.4 percent and the worst of the Great Recession months ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks plunged Monday as anxiety overtook investors on the first trading day since Standard & Poor’s downgraded American debt. The Dow Jones industrials fell 634.76 points. It was the sixth worst point decline for the Dow in ...

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NEW YORK — The stock market is finishing its worst day since the financial crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 500 points Thursday. Investors are concerned that the U.S. economy will enter another recession and that Europe’s debt ...

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WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders shopped competing debt-crisis solutions and President Barack Obama canceled fundraising appearances Monday, as a politically gridlocked capital lurched into a climactic last full week before the Aug. 2 default deadline. Even amid acknowledgments by ...

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NEW YORK — Signs that U.S. consumer demand may be weakening led to a broad sell-off in stocks Friday, setting the market on course for its third week of losses. Retailers Gap Inc. and Aeropostale each lost more than 15 ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators advanced tighter rules Wednesday for agencies that rate the debt of companies and governments. Credit ratings can affect a company’s ability to raise or borrow money. They can also influence how much investors pay for securities. ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks lost some of their early gains and turned mixed Monday despite the death of Osama bin Laden, several strong earnings reports and a major drug industry acquisition. The Dow Jones industrial average remained near its three-year ...

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WASHINGTON — Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and at least 10 major markets are at their lowest point since the housing bubble burst. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city index shows price declines in 19 cities from ...

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NEW YORK — A drop in the unemployment rate to a two-year low sent the Dow Jones industrial average to a new 2011 high Friday. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent, the lowest since March ...

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Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen to 2003 levels — when the housing bubble was just starting to inflate. Prices will ...

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