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Stocks gained ground in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors review a mostly solid round of earnings reports and await the Federal Reserve’s latest policy statement.  The decisive move higher was a welcome relief following several days of ...

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Stocks fell broadly and bond yields surged on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday amid renewed jitters that the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates to tackle rising inflation.   The S&P 500 was down 1.8% as of 12:44 p.m. Eastern, ...

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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers  Stocks turned mixed in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as traders review the latest batch of economic reports after the year-end holidays.  The S&P 500 was down 0.4% as ...

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By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street is joining a worldwide slump for financial markets on Monday amid worries about how badly the omicron variant, inflation and other forces will hit the economy. ...

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 10:13 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones ...

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers  Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street Monday, aided by a broad rally that includes travel-related companies that stand to benefit from more reopening of the economy. The S&P 500 ...

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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Already unnerved by the newest coronavirus variant, Wall Street’s losses deepened on Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it will consider shutting off ...

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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer  NEW YORK (AP) — The skeptics on Wall Street have gone missing.  As the stock market has surged to records — unbowed by recession, pandemic or warnings of a dangerous bubble — activity has ...

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Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday, continuing an upward trend that has pushed major indexes to a string of record highs as investors review mostly solid corporate earnings.  The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 1:45 p.m. ...

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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Cryptocurrency has officially gone to the dogs.  The recent trading frenzy over a digital token called Shiba Inu — commonly billed as a “meme” or joke coin — has ...

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