Wall Street edges lower as "fiscal cliff" debate drags
By Edward Krudy NEW YORK | Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:45pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks dipped on Friday as President Barack Obama and top Republicans remained at odds about how to avert a series of tax...
View ArticleAsian shares slip off nine-month high on weak U.S. data
By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE | Tue Dec 4, 2012 1:17am EST SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on Tuesday after a plunge in U.S. manufacturing activity hit Wall Street stocks and the dollar,...
View ArticleWall Street slips as investors seek cliff progress
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Tue Dec 4, 2012 7:34pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks finished slightly lower in a quiet session on Tuesday as the back-and-forth wrangling over the “fiscal cliff” gave...
View ArticleDow, S&P rise, but Nasdaq sours with Apple in wild day
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Wed Dec 5, 2012 6:00pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – A volatile trading session ended with U.S. stocks mostly higher on Wednesday, even as Apple, the most valuable company in...
View ArticleAsian shares mixed after China data, "fiscal cliff" weighs
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO | Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:55am EST TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares were mixed on Friday with a pick-up in China’s manufacturing sector lending support but worries over the progress of...
View ArticleYen on defensive on U.S. fiscal worry, helps Nikkei
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO | Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:52am EST TOKYO (Reuters) – Uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers will strike a deal by an end-of-year deadline to avert a severe fiscal retrenchment...
View ArticleStock futures edge higher ahead of "cliff" talk resumption
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:24am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, indicating the SP 500 may stem its worst two-day drop since mid-November,...
View ArticleStock futures edge up with effort to break "cliff" deadlock
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:30am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, putting the SP 500 on track to snap a three-day skid, as U.S. President...
View ArticleWall Street ends sour week with fifth straight decline
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:14pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell for a fifth straight day on Friday, dropping 1 percent and marking the SP 500′s longest losing streak in...
View ArticleS&P 500 finishes at 5-year high on economic data
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:14pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – The benchmark Standard Poor’s 500 index ended at a five-year high on Friday, lifted by reports showing employers kept up...
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