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Coming Week: There Will Be Blood
All eyes will be on oil Monday, after crude's record run Friday wiped out gains earlier in the week.
09:44AM 06/07/08
Unemployment Spike Largest Since '86
The unemployment rate in May jumped to 5.5%, as the economy lost 49,000 jobs.
09:10AM 06/06/08
Unemployment Surges 5.5% in May
The figure was worse than expected, though the economy's loss of 49,000 jobs was better than the 60,000 expected.
08:50AM 06/06/08
The move comes a day after Moody's threatened to do the same, a serious blow to the bond insurers.
04:33PM 06/05/08
Ratings Firms Reach Deal on Conflicts
Moody's Standard & Poor's and Fitch reach an agreement with New York Attorney General aimed to stem the practice of debt issuers 'shopping' ratings.
03:28PM 06/05/08
Moody's Remains a Hit, Despite Setbacks
Warren Buffett (above) hit a home run when he bought a big stake in the ratings agency eight years ago, and the stock should rise above its current problems and remain a winner.
06:43AM 06/05/08
Moody's Eyes Downgrade for MBIA, Ambac
The rating agency's move could be a damaging blow to the bond insurance companies' ability to win new business.
02:20PM 06/04/08
Fed Chief Comes to Dollar's Defense
Ben Bernanke sounded a hawkish note on inflation a day after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson also plugged the greenback on an overseas trip.
10:47AM 06/03/08
Paulson 'Committed' to Dollar's Status
The U.S. Treasury Secretary, in a speech in the United Arab Emirates, sought to sooth worried foreign officials amid the greenback's slip vs. the euro and other currencies.
12:44PM 06/02/08
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: May 30
No rest for the bearded; SEC investigates good trades, not bad; Moody's got the blues; an incoherent truth; cheeseburgers in ... Jersey?
07:19AM 05/30/08
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