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U.S. Stock-Index Futures Decline as Oil Rises; UAL and GM Drop (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures fell as oil's advance dimmed the earnings outlook for airlines and automakers and investors speculated a report on service industries will show the economic slowdown is broadening.
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Dow drops 300 points on slow back-to-school sales (Everett Herald)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street dove sharply lower today, sending the Dow Jones industrials down over 300 points on more disappointing economic news: Sluggish back-to-school sales and a jump in unemployment claims.
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Wal-Mart Sales Climb on Back-to-School Discounts (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s August sales exceeded analysts' estimates after discounts lured shoppers from department stores and malls facing what may be the worst back-to-school season in seven years.
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TSX tumbles for 2nd day on commodity-stock led selloff;NY also lower (MSN Money Canada)
TORONTO - It was another day of sharp losses on the Toronto stock market Wednesday as investors continued to bail out of the commodity sector. Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index closed down 161.82 points at 13,137.72, after trading down more than 300 points earlier in the day.
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Stocks decline after retail, unemployment data (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wall Street fell sharply in early trading Thursday after retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week.
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Stocks open lower after retail, unemployment data (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wall Street is down sharply in early trading after retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week.
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As stocks fall, some worry slump is going global (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The stock market tripped over news of more joblessness and disappointing back-to-school receipts Thursday, amid growing concern that economic weakness at home is spreading abroad.
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Stock market plunges more than 200 points (Morris Ledger)
NEW YORK - Wall Street tumbled today on more disappointing economic news -- retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points.
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Dentist Trial Begins as U.K. Regulator Tackles Insider Trading (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Neel Uberoi, a dentist from south London, stands trial today for insider trading as the U.K. financial regulator pursues a tougher line on market abuse.
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Treasury prices rise as investors flee stocks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Treasury prices rose moderately Thursday, as a plummeting stock market sent investors back into safer, fixed-income government securities.
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