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How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday (AP)

Stocks finished higher Thursday following a late-day drop in oil prices and news of strong bond auctions in Italy and Spain. Crude dropped below $100 per barrel for the first time this year. In Italy’s first bond auction of the … Continue reading

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Italy borrowing rates drop again in bond auction (AP)

ROME ? Italy saw its borrowing costs drop for a second day in a row Friday as it easily raised euro4.75 billion ($6 billion) in a bond auction that indicated improving investor confidence in the country’s financial future. Investors demanded … Continue reading

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