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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NEW YORK – Wall Street is hurting, and Main Street doesn’t care. It’s got burgers and cars to buy. Big losses in stock markets around the world this year have the wingtip-set fretting, but regular consumers across the United States ...

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DEAR MR. BERKO: I bought 100 shares of VimpelCom at $10 in early 2014, and almost two years later, it’s $4.25. I was told that VimpelCom’s fall in price was related to management’s buying favors from government officials. I figured ...

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NEW YORK— 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and staying out of international markets isn’t ...

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NEW YORK  — Stocks edged higher on Wall Street on Tuesday, helped by a report that showed American companies were investing in their businesses at the fastest pace since January. Trading was quiet ahead of the Christmas holiday. U.S. markets ...

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