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    The Short View: Negative returns (FT.com)
    FT.com - It's official: US stocks have had a wasted decade. The real return on the S&P 500 since 1998, after subtracting consumer price inflation, is just below zero. The last time this was true, according to Merrill Lynch, was in 1983. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:00:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    SEC finds credit raters had conflicts of interest (AP)
    AP - The three main credit-rating agencies failed to rein in conflicts of interest in giving high ratings to risky securities backed by subprime mortgages that later collapsed, federal regulators said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:03:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks rise on banks and lower oil (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 8, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks rose in another turbulent session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices eased worries about consumer and business spending, while financial shares gained after the Fed chairman said he may keep open a lifeline for banks.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:20:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk (AP)

    Trader Michael Capolino, right, talks on his mobile phone as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday July 3, 2008. Stocks fluctuated in volatile trading Thursday after a private research group reported that the nation's services sector contracted last month and as investors absorbed a mostly tame report on employment. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:15:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    New credit crisis fears haunt European, Asian stock markets (AFP)

    Women monitor stock prices at a securities trading house in Taipei. European and Asian stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as concern about the credit crunch again spooked investors, but US markets showed some resilience to the prevailing mood of fear.(AFP/Patrick Lin)AFP - European and Asian stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as concern about the credit crunch again spooked investors, but US markets showed some resilience to the prevailing mood of fear.


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    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:52:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Asian, European markets fall (AP)

    Elizabeth Millea of Bear Wagner Specialists looks at an overhead monitor from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in New York. Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday, with investors still jittery about the nation's ailing financial system but relieved to hear Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke say the central bank might extend its lending efforts to investment banks. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - European and most Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, hit with renewed fears over U.S. credit problems and their impact on financial companies after weakness in the previous session on Wall Street.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:41:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    New credit crisis fears haunt European, Asian stock markets (AFP)

    Women monitor stock prices at a securities trading house in Taipei. European and Asian stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as concern about the credit crunch again spooked investors, but US markets showed some resilience to the prevailing mood of fear.(AFP/Patrick Lin)AFP - European and Asian stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as concern about the credit crunch again spooked investors, but US markets showed some resilience to the prevailing mood of fear.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:09:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    SEC finds shortcomings in credit raters (Reuters)
    Reuters - Credit rating agencies did not properly manage their conflicts of interests when assigning ratings to structured products such as mortgage-backed securities, a report by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:30:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    SEC finds credit raters had conflicts of interest (AP)
    AP - The three main credit-rating agencies failed to rein in conflicts of interest in giving high ratings to risky securities backed by subprime mortgages, federal regulators said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:34:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Wall St. flat as oil drops as GE gains (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 8, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks were little changed in a seesaw session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices calmed inflation concerns and rekindled optimism about corporate profits but sent energy shares lower.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:26:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks rise modestly on oil decline, Bernanke talk (AP)

    Elizabeth Millea of Bear Wagner Specialists looks at an overhead monitor from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in New York. Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday, with investors still jittery about the nation's ailing financial system but relieved to hear Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke say the central bank might extend its lending efforts to investment banks. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Wall Street struggled to notch a gain Tuesday amid sinking oil prices, with investors still jittery about the ailing financial system and weak economy ahead of second-quarter earnings.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Fed and SEC reach agreement to share bank information (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Federal Reserve and securities regulators on Monday formalized a deal to share information about banks, in a move expected to strengthen oversight of the financial markets rocked by the housing crisis. -- read full article
    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:39:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Toronto stocks knocked down by oil (Reuters)

    A general view of the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) Broadcast Centre in Toronto June 20, 2008. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index fell more than 2 percent on Monday, putting it on the cusp of a correction, as it was dragged down by weak resources and gloom over the outlook for economic growth.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:35:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Financial worries weigh on Wall Street (Reuters)

    (R-L) John Casey, Francis Mastroianni, and Anthony Fazio work in the Rice Pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, April 24, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday on concerns that the top two mortgage providers would have to raise even more capital, severely devaluing existing shareholders' stakes, while big energy companies fell along with oil prices.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:35:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks fall on worries about financial sector (AP)

    (R-L) John Casey, Francis Mastroianni, and Anthony Fazio work in the Rice Pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, April 24, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)AP - Wall Street lost more ground in extremely volatile trading Monday, as investors recoiled at a cautious economic outlook from a Federal Reserve official and the possibility of more financial troubles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


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    Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:39:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
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