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United traffic at O'Hare International Airport. Passengers on U.S. airlines will pay relatively small increases in airfares over the next 20 years, but they should expect more flights crowding the nation's busiest airports, including O'Hare International, the Federal Aviation Administration said today.
The Toronto stock market was little changed early Tuesday afternoon as Scotiabank handed in a better than expected earnings report and commodity prices weakened.
States and companies have started investing very differently when it comes to the billions of dollars they are safeguarding for workers' retirement.
March 9 -- William Dong, an analyst at UBS AG, talks with Bloomberg's Susan Li about the outlook for Taiwan's economy and stocks.
Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday, taking a breather after sharp gains the day before as investors awaited more clues about the health of the world economy.
SYDNEY: Oil and higher-yielding currencies shrank from multi-week highs on Tuesday and Asian stocks drifted lower as investors paused in their recent chase for riskier assets.
NEW YORK Technology shares pushed the Nasdaq higher on Monday on an otherwise flat day for stocks, led by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and Cisco Systems.
U.S. stocks were little changed Monday, following Friday's hefty gains. On Friday, the Federal government said 36,000 U.S. jobs were lost last month, well below expectations of 50,000. At the close of trading Monday the Dow Jones Industrials were down 13.68 points or 0.13% at 10,552.52. The Nasdaq Composite was up 5.86 points or 0.25% at 2,332.21.
Published: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 2:29 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 2:29 p.m. THE BREAKUP: During last year's big market rally, the dollar consistently fell on days when stocks rose, and vice versa.
March 8 -- Nancy Koh, director of Asian corporate research at BCP Securities Asia Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Susan Li about China's property market and corporate bonds.
In this file photo of March 9, 2009, Nicholas Brigandi, center, of NYSE Euronext helps direct trading in shares of Merck & Co.
Last summer and fall, stocks generally rose on days when the dollar fell, and vice versa.
