CORRECTS YEAR - Security from Brookfield Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park, watch as Occupy Wall Street protesters gather in the park, Tuesday, Jan.10, 2012, in New York. Barricades were removed by the owners allowing access into the park by the protesters on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP – World markets mostly rose Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. economic recovery will gather pace, helping corporate earnings and easing some of the stress generated by Europe’s debt crisis.


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AP – FED: The Federal Reserve said Wednesday the economy was likely to expand modestly over the next two years. But Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned that the pace of economic growth will likely be “frustratingly slow.”

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Wild swings in stock market knock out IPOs (AP)

By admin on August 22nd, 2011

AP – Companies have withdrawn initial public offerings this month at a pace not seen since December 2008. Only four have dared go public during three weeks marked by wild price swings and more than 10 percent declines in the major stock indexes.

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In this Aug. 1, 2011, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets tumbled Tuesday, Aug. 2, after downbeat U.S. data fueled fears the world's largest economy might be sliding back into recession.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The stock market stumbled again Tuesday and is on pace for its longest losing streak in two years.


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Wall Street rises after ISM data (Reuters)

By admin on July 1st, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks gained on Friday after data showed the pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector picked up for the first time in four months in June.


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Specialists work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters – Stocks rose on Tuesday on optimism the Greek parliament would adopt an unpopular austerity plan, easing concerns about a default, and as the pace of decline in U.S. home prices moderated.


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Stocks surge on Greek bailout hopes (AP)

By admin on June 25th, 2011

Gregory Rowe works at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, June 23, 2011 in New York. An unexpected jump in claims for unemployment benefits and plummeting oil prices drove stocks lower early Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP – Hopes that Greece will get a second bailout boosted market sentiment around the world on Friday, a day after stocks and the euro plunged on fears over the pace of the global economic recovery.


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AP – MIXED PICTURE: A survey released by the Federal Reserve showed that the pace of recovery is uneven across the country. While seven of the Fed’s 12 districts reported steady gains, the economy stalled in the New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Chicago regions,.

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