Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Market News, Stock Markets, InvestingAP/Seth Wenig
NEW YORK -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index is closing out its best year since 1997 as traders wrap up a record-setting year on Wall Street. The S&P 500 increased nearly 30 ...
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Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Company News, Layoffs, Computer IndustryAlamy
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Personal computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has confirmed that it expects layoffs at the upper end of a range that it outlined earlier this year, with 5,000 more workers than originally ...
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Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Retail, Holiday Shopping, Store Credit CardsAP
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
NEW YORK -- Target (TGT) is getting hit with another lump of coal this holiday season.
The nation's second-largest discount retailer said Tuesday that an unidentified number of gift cards sold over ...
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Date: Dec 31 2013
Average price for a gallon of gas is $3.32 at year end.
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/YXgLubvOGtc/
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Date: Dec 31 2013
"Great year" ends with Dow posting best gain since 1995, S&P 500 best since '97.
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/3XGkSZthxAo/
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