December 2008

World markets close 2008 bruised and confused (AP)

A man  watches a board  at the Australian  Stock Exchange public  viewing area in  Sydney, Wednesday, Dec.  31, 2008. The  Australian sharemarket opened  higher, following gains  in U.S. stocks,  regaining some of  the losses of  2008, the worst  calendar year on  record. (AP Photo/Rick  Rycroft)AP - World stock markets were seeing out 2008 in a bruised and confused state after a year of dizzying turmoil, with stocks in Europe and Asia little changed Wednesday in light trading.


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Mexican stocks dip as market ends dismal year (AP)

AP - Mexico's IPC stock index slipped 0.18 percent to 22,380 Wednesday as the market closed a dismal year amid the global financial crisis.

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London's FTSE 100 up 30.66 at 4,423.34 (AP)

AP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were higher Wednesday in a short session of pre-holiday trading.

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NYSE says to suspend R.H. Donnelley stock (Reuters)

Reuters - The New York Stock Exchange said it determined that trading in the common stock of yellow pages directories publisher R.H. Donnelley Corp should be suspended, effective January 2.

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Stock Funds Shed $21.7 Billion In Nov. (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - October's panicky stampede out of mutual funds was replaced by a calmer but still steep exit in November.

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London's FTSE 100 up 30.66 at 4,423.34 (AP)

AP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were higher Wednesday in a short session of pre-holiday trading.

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General Motors, Eli Lilly are big movers (AP)

AP - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

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