AP – Hackers disrupted the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national air carrier El Al on Monday in a deepening cyber war launched earlier this month by a group claiming to be Saudis.

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Market wisdom that withers on a closer look (AP)

By admin on January 7th, 2012

AP – Everybody knows that January predicts the stock market’s direction for the year and that the best time to sell stocks is at their spring peak. And among stock market experts, it’s a sure bet that the market will soar in the year before an election.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 4, 2012.     REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)Reuters – Major U.S. stock indexes were little changed in a low-volume session on Wednesday, but some investors were encouraged to see equities avoid a sell-off amid lingering euro zone’s debt problems.


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Kimono-clad workers clap their hands during the traditional New Year's opening ceremony of Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street opened the year with a bang following the release of positive U.S. economic data. Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.1 percent to 8,551.77. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP – Stock markets retreated Wednesday as the early year optimism over the U.S. economy was tempered by renewed worries over Europe’s banking sector.


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A look at stock market highs and lows in 2011 (AP)

By admin on December 31st, 2011

AP – A look at the best and worst performers in the Dow Jones industrial average, which tracks 30 key U.S. companies; the biggest industry gainers and decliners in the broader S&P 500 index, which ended nearly flat for the year; and some companies that rattled investors in 2011.

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Stocks close higher on better job market news (AP)

By admin on December 23rd, 2011

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, traders John Panin, center, and Robert Charmay, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European markets bounced back Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, as the traditional holiday slowdown began in earnest, rising a day after investors were rattled by the European Central Bank's huge loans to bolster the continent's banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Encouraging economic reports pushed stocks higher Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61 points, its third gain in a row.


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Stocks close higher on better job market news (AP)

By admin on December 23rd, 2011

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, traders John Panin, center, and Robert Charmay, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European markets bounced back Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, as the traditional holiday slowdown began in earnest, rising a day after investors were rattled by the European Central Bank's huge loans to bolster the continent's banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Encouraging economic reports pushed stocks higher Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61 points, its third gain in a row.


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Stocks close higher on better job market news (AP)

By admin on December 23rd, 2011

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, traders John Panin, center, and Robert Charmay, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European markets bounced back Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, as the traditional holiday slowdown began in earnest, rising a day after investors were rattled by the European Central Bank's huge loans to bolster the continent's banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Encouraging economic reports pushed stocks higher Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61 points, its third gain in a row.


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