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Dow has its first close above 15,000 points
Just two months after recovering the last of its losses from the financial crisis, the Dow Jones industrial average charged higher Tuesday, closing above 15,000 for the first time. It was another milestone in the market’s epic ascent of 2013. Good...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Earnings Forecasts, Religion and Belief, Financial Markets, Philosophy
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Dow reaches another record, driven by commodities
The Dow Jones industrial average is closing at another record high, driven by a surge in materials companies. The Dow gained almost 60 points to 14,673 Tuesday, an increase of 0.4 percent. The Dow most recently set a record a week ago. It’s up...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., NASDAQ, Stock Market
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Dow surges a second day, closes in on record
The Dow came within 100 points of its all-time high Wednesday after rising sharply for a second straight day. The market surged following more evidence that the Fed will keep interest rates low, housing will keep recovering and shoppers aren’t...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Dollar General Corporation, Financial Markets, Family Dollar Stores Incorporated, Ben Bernanke
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Stocks soar after ECB unveils bond buying effort
AP Business WritersThe last time the stock market was this high, the Great Recession was just getting started and stocks were pointed toward a head-first descent. But on Thursday, the market moved swiftly in the other direction. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index soared...Tags: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Money and Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, Unemployment Benefits, Credit Ratings
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Dow leaps 286 points, best day of the year
Speculation that governments in the U.S. and Europe will act to help their economies sent stocks surging to their best day this year. Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said in a speech that weak job growth over the past two months...
Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Financial Markets, Companies and Corporations, European Union, Federal Reserve
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Dow Jones index edges above 13,000 for first time since before 2008 financial crisis
AP Business WriterThe Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, when the Lehman Brothers investment bank was solvent, unemployment a healthy 5.4 percent and the worst of the Great Recession months ahead. The milestone came...Tags: Business Enterprises, Earnings Forecasts, Financial Markets, Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry
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Business briefs - Jan. 23
Hagerstown Children's Theater Hagerstown Children's Theater has announced the opening Monday of an innovative arts-based day care and preschool. The Creative Learning Center will feature a preschool curriculum that will offer music, Suzuki violin...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Shareholders, Franklin Financial Services Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance, Education
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