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The stock market today staggered to another hefty loss, closing out the worst-ever January for the benchmark Standard & Poor?s 500 index. That will only boost the gloom factor on Wall Street, because January often foreshadows the market?s performance for the full year. Historically, the market?s performance for the full year has followed January?s lead about three-quarters of the time, according to Standard & Poor?s Corp. Since 1940, the S&P has recorded a full-year loss 20 times, said Phil Roth, market analyst at New York brokerage Miller Tabak & Co. Investors were unnerved this month by many banks? huge fourth-quarter losses and by the need for new federal rescue packages for Citigroup and Bank of America Corp. California/Local | National | World | Sports Opinion | Entertainment | Travel | Health L. read more

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TORONTO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Toronto’s main stock index fell more than 1 percent on Thursday morning as the sliding price of crude and weak results in the oil patch pressured energy stocks, while fading optimism for a U. Bank and insurance stocks gave up some of Wednesday’s sharp gains, dropping along with European and U. House of Representatives late Wednesday but every Republican who voted was opposed. TSX energy issues were also weaker, down 1. The collapse in crude prices since the record highs hit last summer has hurt profits across the global industry. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. read more

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NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U. The market also got some support from the Federal Reserve’s statement that the central bank would be prepared to buy long-term U. Indexes briefly added to gains following the Fed’s policy statement, but the boost was somewhat short-lived as some investors determined that the Fed’s comments revealed very little that was new. The Dow Jones industrial average . The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index . For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here . read more

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NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Better-than-expected corporate results lifted U. European stocks staged a late rally as Siemens, the German industrial conglomerate, calmed investors’ fears about earnings at companies reeling from the global slowdown. The dire outlook worldwide boosted the greenback’s safe-haven appeal as currencies sharply shifted direction in volatile trade. Traders seemed to favor the lower-yielding dollar and yen over higher-yielding currencies. Oil prices fell toward $43 a barrel as the fall in U. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. read more

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Exchanges are under pressure to achieve economies of scale and provide large enough liquidity pools to fend off fierce competition from alternative trading platforms, many of which offer trading in blue-chip stocks at cut-throat fees. N ) into what would have become the world’s biggest exchange group. In 2006, NYSE and Boerse both bid for Euronext, which runs the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon bourses as well as derivatives platform Liffe, with NYSE piping the German company to the post. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. read more

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Most stocks finished the week on an up note on Friday, helped by the rumblings of a merger between drug giants Pfizer and Wyeth, although a drop for General Electric kept the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the red. That was reflected in the action on Friday and all week — fits and starts higher and lower without making any significant progress in the broad indexes. After financial stocks fell to the lowest levels of the current crisis at midweek, traders took heart from insider purchases by J. Pfizer rose 24 cents, or 1. American depositary shares of Suntech Power Holdings rose 12 cents, or 1. read more

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