Reuters – Stocks rose on low volume on Thursday as data showed improvement in housing and the job market a day ahead of the critical monthly payrolls figures.
Reuters – U.S. stocks extended gains on Thursday after data showed pending sales of previously owned homes rose unexpectedly in July, while factory orders edged up.
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Reuters – Wall Street posted its best day in eight weeks on Wednesday as investor mood brightened after better-than-expected factory data from the United States and China.
AP – The Securities and Exchange Commission has declined to seek fraud charges against Moody’s Investors Services over its ratings of risky investments that led to the financial crisis.
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Reuters – Fears that policymakers around the world will be slow to support the flagging global recovery lifted the yen on Tuesday, weighed on Asian and European stocks and gave further fuel to a five-month rally in U.S. and Japanese government bonds.
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AFP – Share prices in Paris and Frankfurt were showing modest gains in early trading Monday, when the London stock market was closed for a public holiday.
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AP – Police say murder-suicides are on the rise in the Las Vegas area because of a bad economy.