On Wednesday, U.S. stocks ended a volatile session sharply higher continuing a rally from Tuesday, as unexpected growth in a private-sector jobs report helped offset a surge in crude-oil prices.
It has been a year since the US financial crisis that led most of the investment banks down, and Bear Stearns was at near collapse probably [...]

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US stocks finished sharply lower on Monday by continued fears of further trouble and writedowns at financial institutions. Worries about the economy and the troubled financial system overtook the cheers over the rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Monday started off weak for financial issues as an IMF report predicting that continuing problems in [...]

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Last week the Dow was off 125.88 points or 1.1% to 11370.69. The S&P 500 was off 2.82 points for the week, just a 0.2% decline to 1257.76, and the Nasdaq was up 1.2 percent at 2310.53.
Crude oil finished the past week at $123.26, a level not seen since May. It has lost more than [...]

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