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Dow Chemical layoffs announced prematurely

NEW YORK — Dow Chemical Co., the largest chemical maker in the United States, said on Tuesday it plans to cut 5 percent of its workforce...

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As economy stalls, Fed may have to step in

NEW YORK -- Things are shaping up for another hot summer on Wall Street, and there is a long, long way to go yet. Federal Reserve...

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Stocks end day mixed, Dow again fails to finish over 13,000

By msnbc.com staff Stocks rallied back from early session losses Monday to end mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average again traded above...

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Stocks end day mixed, Dow again fails to finish over 13,000

By msnbc.com staff Stocks rallied back from early session losses Monday to end mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average again traded above...

Dow drops in late afternoon, stocks close mixed

By msnbc.com staff Stocks finished the week mixed Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average flirted again with 13,000 before turning...

Stocks continue lower entering last hour of day

Msnbc.com staff and wire Headed into the last hour of the trading day stocks still hung around their lows for the session. Bank stocks...

Stocks continue lower entering midafternoon

msnbc.com staff and wire Stocks stayed lower entering midafternoon Monday, despite the fact that October was shaping up to be one of the...

Rally over, stocks end with big losses

Associated Press NEW YORK — Stocks closed with steep losses Tuesday after disappointing corporate earnings and reports that a key meeting...

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Stocks end Monday trading higher

By msnbc.com staff and wire Wall Street’s rally isn’t over yet. Stocks came off their biggest gains of the session in the last two hours...

Dow flirts with break-even for the year, falters, but stocks end up

The Dow industrial average flirted with its break-even mark for 2011 on Wednesday as part of a rally that had the major indexes end...