| Hope for Greek Deal Lifts Markets |
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| February?7, 2012US equities reversed course to finish modestly higher, as reports of progress toward finalizing a second Greek rescue package boosted optimism of the troubled nation averting a disorderly default. |
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| Lack of News Keeps Greece in Focus |
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| February?6, 2012Stock ended the day lower amid an empty US economic calendar and little equity news to catalyze the markets, as the continued uncertainty over Greece and its inability to come to a debt agreement with its private creditors was again the focus of investors, dampened the mood on the Street. |
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| Stocks Rally on Jobs Data |
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| February?3, 2012US equities advanced solidly on the heels of the non-farm payrolls report showing the US economy added 243,000 jobs in January, far exceeding economists' expectations. |
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