An investor smiles at a private securities company Monday Jan. 9, 2012 in Shanghai, China. Mainland Chinese shares saw their biggest gains in almost three months after Premiere Wen Jiabao's speech over inspiring the stock market confidence, analysts said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 2.89 percent, or 62.5 points, to 2225.89. (AP Photo)AP – Stock markets in Europe traded in fairly narrow ranges Monday as Germany’s leader warned that Greece may not get its next batch of bailout cash. Chinese shares surged after authorities pledged to increase bank lending to entrepreneurs.


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<p>Retired Episcopal bishop George E. Packard, who is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, is walked to New York Police Department buses after being detained for entering a privately-owned piece of land near Juan Pablo Duarte Square in New York, December 17, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW RELIGION POLITICS)AP – The stock market took a late afternoon fall Monday after European Union finance ministers failed to come up with the full amount of money pledged for a bailout fund.


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Stocks edge up as calm returns to markets (AP)

By admin on December 13th, 2011

Trader Joseph Tarangelo, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Wall Street is rising in early trading after the previous day's big declines. A gain in U.S. retail sales pointed to a strong start for the holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Stock indexes edged higher Tuesday after the previous day’s big declines. Strong participation from buyers at a bond sale backing Europe’s bailout fund and at an auction of Spanish government debt helped reassure investors.


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AP – DOWNGRADE THREATS: World markets sank overnight after Standard & Poor’s said it might downgrade 15 nations that use the euro, including AAA-rated Germany. S&P also threatened to downgrade Europe’s main bailout fund, which is propping up weak nations such as Greece and Portugal.

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In this Dec. 5, 2011 photo, specialist Christopher Culhane, left, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  World stocks sank Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, after Standard and Poor's warned 15 countries using the euro that it could downgrade their credit ratings. Skepticism over a new plan to prevent a breakup of the common currency also dragged markets lower. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 52 points following a report that European leaders are considering more aggressive programs to bail out weaker countries in the region.


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An investor gestures in front of the stock price board at a private securities company in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. World stocks stalled Monday as investors remain unsure whether Greece will be able to work itself out of a debt crisis despite a weekend deal by the country's leaders aimed at implementing a controversial austerity program. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.73 percent, or 18.5 points, to 2,509.80. (AP Photo)AP – Asian stock markets mostly advanced Tuesday as Europe prepared to make good on its pledge to provide another installment of emergency aid to keep Greece from tumbling into insolvency.


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Specialist James Ahrens, left, and traders Jonathan Corpina and William Sachs work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Stocks rose in early trading Thursday as hopes grow that a plan to tackle the European debt crisis will survive. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Asian stock markets rose sharply Friday, a day after Greece’s prime minister abandoned a referendum on the country’s bailout and the European Central Bank cut interest rates in a surprise move.


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A man walks in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo indicating the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose 121.81 points, to end morning session at 9048.35, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Asian stock markets rose Friday, continuing to be buoyed by a European deal aimed at slashing Greece's massive debt and preventing the crisis from engulfing too big to bailout countries such as Italy. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP – World stock markets climbed again Friday, continuing to be buoyed by a European deal aimed at slashing Greece’s massive debt and preventing the crisis from engulfing “too big to bailout” countries such as Italy.


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