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September 18th, 2007

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EBay’s Bid to Win Back Buyers
The online auctioneer aims to regain seller-and investor-confidence with a site overhaul that’s […]

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September 18th, 2007

Rate Cut Lifts Nasdaq By 2.7%; Volume Spikes Up

NASDAQ stocks shot higher Tuesday after the central bank lowered the fed funds rate by 50 basis points, the first cut in more than four years.

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September 18th, 2007

Rate Cut Drives NYSE To Best Gain Since ‘02

A best-case scenario for stocks — a half-point 14terest-rate cut — turned the bulls loose Tuesday.

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September 18th, 2007

Wall Street Rejoices After Fed’s Aggressive Action

Stocks took flight Tuesday after a half-point 18ate cut by the Federal Reserve sparked broad gains on Wall Street.

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September 18th, 2007

Smallest U.S. stocks can give investment portfolios a big boost

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Which part of the U.S. stock market has delivered 12% annualized returns over the past decade?

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September 18th, 2007

CORRECT: O.J. Simpson charged with 10 felonies: reports

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Former NFL great O.J. Simpson has been charged with 10 felonies in connection with the alleged theft at gunpoint of sports memorabilia from men in a Las Vegas hotel room last week, according to media reports Tuesday.

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September 18th, 2007

Asian stocks soar on Fed rate cut

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Japanese stocks surged early Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve cut benchmark U.S. interest rates, with exporters such as Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. leading the charge.

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September 18th, 2007

Stocks Soar After Half-Point Rate Cut (AP)

A jubilant Wall Street barreled higher Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a larger-than-expected half percentage point. The Dow Jones industrial average reacted by surging 335 points — its biggest one-day point jump in nearly five years.

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September 18th, 2007

Oil Prices Rise to New Records (AP)

oil futures rose to new records Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a larger than expected half percentage point, raising market hopes that economic growth will accelerate and lift demand even as crude oil and gasoline inventories are tight.

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September 18th, 2007

Asian Stocks Jump After Fed Rate Cut (AP)

Asian stocks jumped Wednesday morning in the wake of Wall Street’s overnight surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s larger-than-expected interest rate cut.

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