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Stocks gain on durables

27 Aug 2008 at 3:36pm
Stocks rallied Wednesday, with financial services companies among the big gainers, as investors s...

Manufacturing saves the day...for now

27 Aug 2008 at 9:25am
For the second straight month, a key measure of manufacturing activity rose at a much higher than...

Dollar reverses course on rising oil

27 Aug 2008 at 5:05am
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Dollar mixed on oil, inflation

27 Aug 2008 at 2:34pm
The dollar traded mixed against foreign currencies Wednesday as investors weighed rising oil pric...

Oil prices jump as Gustav threatens

27 Aug 2008 at 1:21pm
Oil prices ended the day higher on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav approached the Gulf of Mexi...

Bill Clinton backs Obama for president

27 Aug 2008 at 8:46pm
Bill Clinton supports Barack Obama as the US Democrats' presidential candidate, saying he is "the...

Russia faces fresh condemnation

27 Aug 2008 at 3:13pm
Seven of the world's top industrialised nations deplore Russia's decision to recognise Georgia's ...

Gaddafi charged over cleric kidnap

27 Aug 2008 at 11:33am
Lebanon indicts Libya's leader over the disappearance of a revered Shia cleric during a visit t...

'Scores dead' in Pakistan clashes

27 Aug 2008 at 9:21am
Pakistan's military says it has killed 47 pro-Taleban militants in the rugged west of the country...

Malta fears 71 migrants drowned

27 Aug 2008 at 12:33pm
As many as 71 African migrants drown after their boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, their compa...