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Jobs report slams stocks

2 Jul 2009 at 3:41pm
Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow losing 212 points, after a worse-than-expected jobs report ...

Taking a weed whacker to green shoots

2 Jul 2009 at 10:01am
It looks like someone may have sprayed a healthy dose of Ortho Weed B Gon on those economic green...

Bonds higher after jobs data disappoint

2 Jul 2009 at 3:31pm
Bond prices turned higher Thursday after June job losses in a government report were much worse t...

Oil's record high, one year later

2 Jul 2009 at 2:31pm
One year ago, on July 3, 2008, oil prices settled at a record high -- a once-unthinkable $145.29 ...

Oil settles below $67 on economic concerns

2 Jul 2009 at 1:38pm
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North Korea missile tests defy UN

4 Jul 2009 at 3:33am
North Korea test-fires seven short-range missiles in an apparent act of defiance on America's Ind...

Burma junta leader snubs UN chief

3 Jul 2009 at 10:28pm
Burma's military ruler refuses to let visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon meet jailed opposition leader...

BT offers holidays for pay cuts

4 Jul 2009 at 3:46am
Phone giant BT offers staff the chance of long holidays in return for a big pay cut, in a bid to ...

Mousavi 'must face treason trial'

4 Jul 2009 at 4:10am
A conservative Iranian daily says the main protest leader should be tried for treason for incitin...

Chechen police die in Ingushetia

4 Jul 2009 at 1:58am
Nine Chechen police are killed in Russia's volatile republic of Ingushetia in one of the deadlies...