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Dow tops 25,000 milestone; Wall St extends New Year's rally

TheDowindustrialsbrokeabovethe25,000levelforthefirsttimeonThursdayandothermajorindexeshitclosingrecordhighsagain,propelledbystrongglobaleconomicdatathatextended

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Dow breaks 24,000, experts cautiously optimistic about U.S. equities

TheDowJonesIndustrialAveragebrokeabovethe24,000markandtheSP500closedatarecordhighonThursday,triggeringanotherroundofdebateonwhethertheU.S.stockmarketnowhashighe

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Gender pay gap in Britain narrows

ThegenderpaygapinBritainhasreacheditslowestlevelsince1997,theOfficeforNationalStatistics(ONS)saidThursday.Butonaveragemenstillearnedalmost10percentmorethanwomen

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Analysis: How much more could Dow Jones rise?

TheDowJonesindustrialaveragenotchedthefourthmilestonethisyearonWednesday,asinvestorsrenewedhopesforacomprehensivetaxreformbytheendofthisyearwhilecheeringoverbet

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India investors eye GST impact on July-September corporate earnings

ProfitsfromIndia'stopfirmsareexpectedtohaveswungbacktogrowthinJuly-Septemberfromadeclineinthepreviousquarter,thougheconomicheadwindsarelikelytohavekeptthepaceof

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Most Asian stock markets higher following Wall Street gains

MostAsianstockmarketsadvancedMondayfollowingWallStreet'sgainsaheadofquarterlyearningsandtestimonytotheU.S.CongressbyFederalReservechairJanetYellen.KeepingScore:

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Putting your major to work: Career paths after college

Formostpeople,acollegedegreeishelpfulforflourishinginthelabormarket.Collegegraduatesearnmorethanworkerswithlesseducation—onaverage,about$600,000moreovertheirlif

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Earnings season begins as White House race heats up

The roughly month-long corporate earnings announcement season that kicks off on Wall Street next week coincides with the final, most intense stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign.

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Samsung Group posts "earnings shock" under new leadership

​About half of Samsung Group's subsidiaries posted "earnings shock" in the first quarter, boosting worry about the future of the South Korea's largest conglomerate under the third-generation leadership, data showed Monday.

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U.S. stocks rise despite disappointing IBM earnings

​U.S. stocks managed to close higher on Monday, despite disappointing quarterly earnings from tech giant International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

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Wall Street surges on Bernanke's dovish speech, more upside momentum to follow

U.S. stocks soared on Thursday, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to their all-time closing highs, boosted by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dovish speech on Wednesday.