Archive for November 13th, 2008

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Investor’s Business Daily - Stock markets dived to new lows and then roared back Thursday in a wild session marked by opposing views about the extent of the U.S. economic downturn.

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Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, takes part in a conversation on leadership and the economy at The Women's Conference 2008 in Long Beach, California in this October 22, 2008 file photo. Shares of Buffett's company fell below $100,000 on Thursday for the first time since October 2006, after the company revealed large unrealized losses on derivative contracts tied to the stock market's performance. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) fell below $100,000 on Thursday for the first time since October 2006, after the company revealed large unrealized losses on derivative contracts tied to the stock market’s performance.


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A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. Wall Street has launched a massive rebound, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up about 550 points after driving it near its lows for the year. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Investors did an abrupt turnaround on Wall Street Thursday, muscling the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 550 points after driving it down near its lows for the year on a stream of negative economic and corporate news.


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Specialist Peter Elkins, center, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - A steep rally on Wall Street came too late Thursday to spur most world markets, although Latin American shares benefited from the buying spree in battered U.S. stocks.


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Brokers at the stock exchange in the central German city of Frankfurt/M. on November 10, 2008. New US data showed an alarming drop in global trade and Germany officially plunged into recession Thursday as gloom deepened ahead of a Washington summit on the worldwide economic crisis.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - New US data Thursday showed an alarming drop in trade and Germany officially plunged into recession as gloom deepened ahead of a Washington summit on the worldwide economic crisis.


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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 13, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks surged on Thursday and broke a three-day losing streak after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq touched new five-year lows earlier in the session, prompting investors to put aside worries about the flagging economy and scoop up wilted shares at fire-sale prices.


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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. US stocks staged a powerful rebound Thursday in highly volatile trade as traders shook off grim economic news and were buoyed by a successful test of market lows hit last month.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Nagle)AFP - US stocks staged a powerful rebound Thursday in highly volatile trade as traders shook off grim economic news and were buoyed by a successful test of market lows hit last month.


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AP - Russia’s battered stock markets suffered another chaotic day of trading Thursday, as regulators shut the exchanges in response to falling share prices, then reopened them — a practice that is wearing thin with investors.

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