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<item><title><![CDATA[ Dive in Home Sales Cuts Short An Earnings-Driven Rally ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403683.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403683.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 24 -- Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing-home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent optimism. The major indicators fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 280 points. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dive]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Short]]></category><category><![CDATA[An]]></category><category><![CDATA[Earnings-Driven]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rally]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of REALTORS]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Corporate Earnings, Drop in Oil Lift Stocks in Two-Day Advance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072303449.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072303449.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 23 -- Stocks advanced for a second consecutive session Wednesday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of investors' concerns about the economy. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Earnings,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lift]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Two-Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continental Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ After Initial Slump, Stocks Close Higher As Drop in Oil Encourages Investors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202688.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202688.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 22 -- Wall Street shook off early doldrums and closed sharply higher Tuesday after another drop in oil prices encouraged investors to set aside concern about the financial sector and go bargain-hunting. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Initial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slump,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[Higher]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Encourages]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Drop Slightly as Oil Rises And Investors Cash In Last Week's Gains ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102845.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102845.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 21 -- Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Monday as the price of oil rose and investors cashed in some of their gains from the market's big rally last week.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524220560" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524220560" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slightly]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rises]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cash]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Genentech Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry M. Paulson]]></category><category><![CDATA[F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NYSE Euronext]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Financial Stocks Lift Market While Tech Shares Falter ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071900085.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071900085.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks rallied last week, halting a six-week slide, after earnings from J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo topped analysts' estimates and regulators stepped up efforts to buoy the major mortgage-finance firms. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lift]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[While]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falter]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Are Mixed as Tech Results Disappoint, Banks Impress ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802942.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802942.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 18 -- Wall Street closed out the week with a mixed performance Friday after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors' enthusiasm over better-than-expected bank results. But the major indexes still ended the week with big gains, the result of rising optimism about the troubled financial sector. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category><category><![CDATA[Results]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disappoint,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Impress]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philip Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mattel Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Royal Bank of Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Wall Street Extends Rally As Oil Prices Slide ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702734.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702734.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 17 -- Wall Street shot higher Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered investors' enthusiasm that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from companies such as J.P. Morgan Chase and United Technologies. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Wall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Extends]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rally]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slide]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Technologies Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow Has Best Day in 3 Months As Oil Prices Continue to Drop ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602678.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602678.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 16 -- Wall Street bounded higher Wednesday thanks in part to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average posted its best daily gain in three months.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524220777" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524220777" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Has]]></category><category><![CDATA[Best]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Months]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continue]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Open Market Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow Closes Below 11,000 As Fears About Financial Sector Mount ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502712.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502712.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 15 -- Wall Street ended a whipsaw day mostly lower, as fears of escalating instability in the financial sector kept investors on edge despite a steep retreat in oil. The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 11,000 for the first time since July 2006. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Closes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Below]]></category><category><![CDATA[11,000]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sector]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry M. Paulson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[First Horizon National Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Concern About Financial Sector Extends Wall Street's Decline ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071401970.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071401970.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 14 -- Wall Street extended its slump into yet another week Monday as investors worried that even a safety net set up for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won't head off further trouble in the markets. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Concern]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sector]]></category><category><![CDATA[Extends]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Street's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Decline]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[National City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[IndyMac Bancorp Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[InBev NV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ S& P 500 Drops Into Bear Market ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/12/AR2008071200118.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/12/AR2008071200118.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stocks fell for a sixth week, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index into a bear market, as investors drove Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sharply lower and fuel prices surged to records. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[S&]]></category><category><![CDATA[P]]></category><category><![CDATA[500]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drops]]></category><category><![CDATA[Into]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[James May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continental Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Office Depot Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Up-and-Down Day Is Mostly Down ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071103038.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071103038.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 11 -- Investors' angst over the fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent trading day Friday -- stocks tumbled, soared and then fell again as investors tried to assess the dangers faced by the country's biggest mortgage financiers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524221179" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524221179" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Up-and-Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mostly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Market Instability Continues In Sell-Off ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902035.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902035.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks staged a steep sell-off yesterday as widening concerns about the health of the financial sector continued to deflate investors' hopes for an economic rebound later this year. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Renae Merle]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[Instability]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continues]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sell-Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Graham Fisher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Brusuelas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Josh Rosner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Countrywide Financial Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Credit Suisse Group]]></category><category><![CDATA[David S. Hilzenrath]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Yardeni]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merk Investments]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert E. Thomason]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Investors Reassured by Oil Price Drop, Optimistic Words on Financial Sector ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802801.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802801.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 8 -- Shares finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. All three major stock indexes rose, led by steep increases in financial and technology stocks. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reassured]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Price]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Optimistic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Words]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sector]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry M. Paulson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamie Dimon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Lose Ground In Rough-and-Tumble Trading ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702429.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702429.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 7 -- Wall Street lost more ground in extremely volatile trading Monday, as investors recoiled at a cautious economic outlook from a Federal Reserve official and the possibility of more financial troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ground]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rough-and-Tumble]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janet Yellen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Oil Prices Drive Stocks to Bear Market ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070400040.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070400040.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks fell last week, giving the Dow Jones industrial average a 20 percent bear-market drop from October's all-time high as record oil prices threatened global economic growth.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524221648" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524221648" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Freeman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Myles Zyblock]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birinyi Associates Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boeing Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monsanto Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nucor Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Royal Bank of Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Westwood Holdings Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shares Are Mostly Higher, But It's Another Down Week ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070303529.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070303529.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 3 -- Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with mixed results Thursday after the release of some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the services sector and a tame reading on employment. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mostly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Higher,]]></category><category><![CDATA[But]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christopher Molumphy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NVIDIA Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Institute for Supply Management]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow, Nasdaq Enter Bear Market As Oil Sets Another Record ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203273.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203273.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 2 -- Wall Street resumed its sell-off Wednesday after oil hit a new record and a bearish analyst report renewed concerns that General Motors could run out of cash. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nasdaq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Enter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Record]]></category><category><![CDATA[Circuit City Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blockbuster Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Begin Third Quarter With Modest Gains ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102735.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102735.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 1 -- Wall Street began the third quarter with an erratic session and modest gain Tuesday after a mix of news made it clear that the country still has deep economic problems but may also have some positive trends -- including some better-than-expected sales for General Motors. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Begin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Third]]></category><category><![CDATA[Quarter]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Modest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Institute for Supply Management]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barclays plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Countrywide Financial Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Wrap Up First Half of 2008 With Double-Digit Declines ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063002088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063002088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 30 -- Wall Street ended a grueling first half of the year quietly Monday, closing mixed as investors again based their trades on what has become the dominant force in the market: the price of oil. The major indicators closed out the first six months of 2008 with double-digit declines and are perilously close to a bear market.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524221960" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524221960" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wrap]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[First]]></category><category><![CDATA[Half]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Double-Digit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Declines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Tumble Toward Bear Market On Rising Economic Concerns ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062800262.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062800262.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks slumped last week, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to the brink of a bear market on mounting concern that write-downs and record oil prices will keep eroding profit and economic growth. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tumble]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toward]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rising]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concerns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Kostin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin Cronin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Putnam Investments]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow Sinks 358 Points To Lowest Level in Nearly 2 Years ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603989.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603989.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 26 -- A barrage of bad news including yet another record high for oil drove stocks sharply lower Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down to its lowest level in nearly two years. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sinks]]></category><category><![CDATA[358]]></category><category><![CDATA[Points]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lowest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Level]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nearly]]></category><category><![CDATA[2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Years]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Mobile Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of REALTORS]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[OPEC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Gain in Uneven Trading After Fed Holds Rate Steady ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062503145.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062503145.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 25 -- Wall Street ended an erratic day with a modest gain after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and issued a mixed assessment of the economy. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gain]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Uneven]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steady]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boeing Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[AB Volvo]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Mobile Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sweden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Countrywide Financial Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Consumer Confidence Slouches, Feeding Traders' Concern About Oil Prices ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401439.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401439.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 24 -- Wall Street ended an erratic session moderately lower Tuesday as concerns grew about the effect of high fuel costs on consumers and corporate profits. Treasury prices rose on the economic uncertainty.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524222513" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524222513" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slouches,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feeding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Traders']]></category><category><![CDATA[Concern]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastman Kodak Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Kroger Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Tread Water Ahead of Fed Meeting ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 23 -- Stocks stalled Monday, ending mostly lower after rising oil prices and ongoing worries about the financial sector gave investors little reason to buy a day ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tread]]></category><category><![CDATA[Water]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahead]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meeting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[UAL Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial Times Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Halliburton Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NYSE Euronext]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks End Week Down on Profit Fears ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062100087.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062100087.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stocks fell last week as Fifth Third Bancorp's dividend cut and worse-than-estimated results from FedEx renewed concern that mortgage losses and a slowing economy would prolong the profit slump. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Express Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Herrmann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coventry Health Care Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reed Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In an Up-and-Down Session, The Day Ends With a Gain ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903290.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903290.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 19 -- Stocks ended a back-and-forth session with modest advances Thursday as a sharp drop in oil prices countered concern about the strength of the economy. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[an]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up-and-Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Session,]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ends]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Circuit City Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thornburg Mortgage Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Financials, FedEx Deliver Another Down Day for Stocks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803002.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803002.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 18 -- Wall Street sank Wednesday for the second consecutive day on renewed concern about the financial sector and FedEx's warning that weakening demand and surging fuel costs would weigh on its profit in the coming year.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524222926" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524222926" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Financials,]]></category><category><![CDATA[FedEx]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Express Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Mills Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Energy Prices, Wholesale Inflation Take Toll on Markets ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702483.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702483.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 17 -- Stocks tumbled Tuesday as a troubling reading on wholesale inflation underscored the drag of high energy prices on the economy. Investors, also growing anxious again about banks' credit woes, sent the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 100 points. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wholesale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toll]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks End Mixed After Late-Session Buying on Oil Retreat ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602407.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602407.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 16 -- Wall Street started the week with a mixed finish Monday as investors weighed volatility in oil prices and new hope for the financial sector after Lehman Brothers posted results. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Late-Session]]></category><category><![CDATA[Buying]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retreat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Willumstad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chiquita Brands International Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ S& P 500 Falls on Rate-Hike Fears ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061400041.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061400041.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index slipped last week after the Federal Reserve signaled that it may raise interest rates and Lehman Brothers' $2.8 billion loss renewed speculation that banks face more write-downs. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[S&]]></category><category><![CDATA[P]]></category><category><![CDATA[500]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate-Hike]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Erin Callan]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Feiger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Gregory (Executive)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shares Shoot Up As Inflation Concerns Ebb ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061303500.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061303500.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 13 -- Wall Street ended a turbulent week with a sharp gain Friday after government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices eased worries about the effect of rising prices on consumers.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524223430" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524223430" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shoot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concerns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ebb]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linda Duessel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federated Investors Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Lose Grip on Early Advance After Oil Prices Continue Their Climb ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203893.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203893.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 12 -- Wall Street gave up a big early advance as the price of oil rose Thursday, with stocks closing moderately higher but also demonstrating how anxious investors are about inflation and the overall health of the economy. Bond prices fell sharply and yields shot higher in response to an upbeat retail sales report. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grip]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Early]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Climb]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vikram Pandit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[InBev NV]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Oil Prices Are Back on the Rise, And Stocks Take Another Dive ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061103496.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061103496.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 11 -- Wall Street tumbled Wednesday as oil prices rebounded, fanning concerns that inflation will further pinch consumers and lead the Fed to raise interest rates. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rise,]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dive]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks End Mixed As Energy Prices Take Center Stage ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002804.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002804.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 10 -- Wall Street closed mostly lower Tuesday after a dip in oil prices failed to keep investors from fretting over the economic consequences of steep energy costs. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Energy Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[OPEC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Up-and-Down Trading Follows Last Week's Nose Dive ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902629.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902629.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 9 -- Stocks were mixed Monday after last week's swoon, with Wall Street still nervous about the effect of bank losses and energy costs on the economy.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524223779" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524223779" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Up-and-Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category><category><![CDATA[Follows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas J. Lee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow Tumbles on Recession Fears ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060700128.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060700128.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Dow Jones industrial average fell last week to its lowest level since March as surging unemployment and record oil prices intensified concern that the economy may slide into a recession. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tumbles]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambac Financial Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gordon Fowler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glenmede Trust Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Investors Flee Stocks As Oil Surges Close to $140 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060600928.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060600928.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 6 -- Stocks plunged Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials having their worst day in more than a year, after oil prices shot up by more than $11 a barrel and neared $140, wiping out investors' recent optimism about the economy in the process. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[$140]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Retail Sales, Drop in Jobless Claims Help Dow to 200-Plus-Point Gain ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503702.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503702.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 5 -- Wall Street surged Thursday as investors looked past a sharp rebound in oil prices and focused on comforting news about the economy -- better-than-expected retail sales and a drop in the number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sales,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jobless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Claims]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[200-Plus-Point]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alltel Communications]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mortgage Bankers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks End Mixed as Concern About Financials Overshadows Oil's Drop ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060403852.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060403852.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 4 -- Wall Street ended a wobbly session with a mixed performance Wednesday as concerns about the financial sector eroded enthusiasm about a decline in oil prices and a report that signaled modest growth in the service economy.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524224343" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524224343" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concern]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financials]]></category><category><![CDATA[Overshadows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[MBIA Insurance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambac Financial Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[UAL Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hugh Whelan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moody's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Institute for Supply Management]]></category><category><![CDATA[Folgers Coffee]]></category><category><![CDATA[The J.M. Smucker Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rumor Bites Lehman Brothers And Weighs Down Rest of Market ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303464.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303464.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 3 -- Wall Street fell sharply for a second consecutive session Tuesday as investors grew more worried that the financial sector was still suffering badly from the credit crisis. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rumor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bites]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brothers]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weighs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rest]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Fall as Bank Shake-Ups Drag Down Financial Sector ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202798.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202798.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 2 -- Wall Street retreated Monday on more signs of economic weakness and executive shake-ups at two major banks, reminders of the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shake-Ups]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drag]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sector]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[G. Kennedy Thompson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kerry K. Killinger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[ImClone Systems Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Institute for Supply Management]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Erbitux]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks End Month in the Black ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR2008053100232.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR2008053100232.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stocks rose last week, finishing May with a second consecutive monthly advance, on a government report of improved economic growth and the steepest drop in oil prices since March. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Month]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerome Dodson]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parnassus Investments Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks at a Standstill After Report on Consumer Spending ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002895.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002895.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 30 -- Wall Street closed out a winning week with a mixed performance Friday after the government reported that consumer spending rose in April to keep pace with rising costs.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524224712" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524224712" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standstill]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marvell Technology Group Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Economy's Surprising Growth, Oil's $4 Drop Lift Stocks a Third Day ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052903715.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052903715.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 29 -- Stocks rose for the third consecutive session Thursday as oil prices fell sharply and the government reported that the economy grew last quarter at a faster pace than previously estimated. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Economy's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surprising]]></category><category><![CDATA[Growth,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil's]]></category><category><![CDATA[$4]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lift]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Third]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[MasterCard Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sears Holding Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Oil's Comeback Detracts From Encouraging Durable Goods Orders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803031.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803031.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 28 -- Wall Street finished an erratic session with a moderate gain Wednesday as investors found some comfort in data on durable goods orders. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Oil's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comeback]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detracts]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Encouraging]]></category><category><![CDATA[Durable]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goods]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cincinnati]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Sparks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Schaeffer's Investment Research Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Coca-Cola Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Eagle Outfitters Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Investors Find Encouragement In Oil Prices, Housing Data ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052702899.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052702899.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 27 -- Wall Street advanced in uneven trading Tuesday after a drop in oil prices and an unexpected gain in new-home sales encouraged investors to put money back into the market. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Find]]></category><category><![CDATA[Encouragement]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Data]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chemtura Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Carl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apollo Management LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flotek Industries Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Blackstone Group LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Williams Capital Group LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rising Oil Prices Take Big Bite From Stocks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052303311.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052303311.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stocks had their biggest weekly drop in almost four months on concern that the economy will weaken as banks and brokerages face deeper losses and as record energy costs depress consumer spending.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524225252" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524225252" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rising]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bite]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jason Pride]]></category><category><![CDATA[Radnor Township]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Centex Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[KB Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of REALTORS]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Find a Foothold As Oil Takes a Breather From Its Run ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203738.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203738.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 22 -- Wall Street steadied itself Thursday after two sessions of steep declines, rebounding moderately as oil prices stepped back from their frenetic upward run. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Find]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Foothold]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breather]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Run]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Jose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Fullman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[NRG Energy Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Borders Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow's Slump Extends To 427 Points Over Two Days ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102876.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102876.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 21 -- Wall Street pitched lower for the second consecutive session Wednesday as record-high oil prices and a bleak economic assessment from the Federal Reserve deepened investors' worry about rising costs and a shaky employment picture. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slump]]></category><category><![CDATA[Extends]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[427]]></category><category><![CDATA[Points]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Two]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moody's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow Slides 199 Points As Inflation Fears Spread ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001601.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001601.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 20 -- Wall Street stumbled Tuesday after oil prices spiked to a record above $129 a barrel and a government report raised investors' concerns about the impact of inflation on consumer spending. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slides]]></category><category><![CDATA[199]]></category><category><![CDATA[Points]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spread]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[OPEC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leeb Capital Management Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Home Depot Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Upbeat Economic News, Downbeat Tech Sector Leave Stocks Mixed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051902433.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051902433.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 19 -- Wall Street ended mixed Monday after weakness in the technology sector punctured some of the market's enthusiasm about a report suggesting that the economy could still be growing.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524225565" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524225565" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Upbeat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economic]]></category><category><![CDATA[News,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Downbeat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sector]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leave]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[SanDisk Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neil Massa]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manulife Financial Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Continue Rebound, Led by Oil ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051700101.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051700101.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks rose last week, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to the highest level since January, on speculation that global economic growth will drive demand for personal computers and fuel. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebound,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Led]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Goerz]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Halliburton Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Occidental Petroleum Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Finish a Strong Week Despite Soaring Energy Prices ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603734.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603734.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 16 -- Wall Street pulled off its lows to finish mixed Friday as investors squared concerns about rising oil prices with a surprise jump in home construction. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finish]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[Despite]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soaring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Neimeth]]></category><category><![CDATA[AIG SunAmerica Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Michigan]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Economic Data, Pullback in Oil Send Stocks to Second Straight Gain ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503757.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503757.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 15 -- The stock market notched a second consecutive advance on Thursday, with investors assuaged by a pullback in oil prices and some better-than-expected economic data. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Economic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Data,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pullback]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Send]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Second]]></category><category><![CDATA[Straight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gain]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[IAC/InterActiveCorp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ask.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNET Networks Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dictionary.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Better-Than-Expected Inflation Report Eases Some Fear, Lifts Stocks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403470.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403470.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 14 -- Wall Street advanced Wednesday after a better-than-expected report on consumer prices tempered some of the market's concerns about inflation.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524226008" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524226008" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Better-Than-Expected]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eases]]></category><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fear,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lifts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marc Pado]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cantor Fitzgerald LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deere & Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Retail Sales Sag, Oil Hits Trading High And Stocks End Mixed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302861.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302861.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 13 -- Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Tuesday after a fresh report on retail sales and a new oil price record told investors the same old story: The economy is hurting and costs are rising, but things could be worse. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sag,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hits]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category><category><![CDATA[High]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corporate Express Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Electronic Data Systems Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[IBM Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Staples Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shares Rebound From Last Week As Oil's Drop Assuages Inflation Fears ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202676.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202676.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 12 -- Wall Street rallied Monday as oil prices fell back and alleviated some of investors' concerns about accelerating inflation. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebound]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Assuages]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craig Peckham]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Mobile Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Electronic Data Systems Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[J.C. Penney Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Financial Firms Put Drag on Stocks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051000147.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051000147.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks had their first weekly drop in a month after new disclosure requirements for investment banks and American International Group's need to raise $12.5 billion spurred concern of further losses for financial firms. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firms]]></category><category><![CDATA[Put]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drag]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Genter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Retreat for Week On Credit and Energy Concerns ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902613.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902613.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 9 -- Wall Street ended the week with a big decline as investors grappled with two of the biggest threats to the economy: fallout from turmoil in the credit markets and surging energy prices.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524226444" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524226444" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retreat]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Credit]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concerns]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blockbuster Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Circuit City Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Brushing Off Rising Energy Costs, Stocks Gain on Retail News ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803109.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803109.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 8 -- Wall Street closed a quiet session with a moderate advance Thursday, with energy and other commodities companies leading the market as oil prices extended their record-breaking run. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Brushing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rising]]></category><category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Costs,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gain]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Retreat as Oil Hits New Record And Concerns About Consumers Mount ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703636.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703636.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 7 -- Wall Street tumbled Wednesday as the price of a barrel of oil soared to near $124 and touched off concerns that the stock market's recent gains might have been premature while consumers grapple with rising energy and food costs. The major stock market indicators each lost more than 1.5 percent. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Paradis]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retreat]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hits]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Record]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concerns]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry M. Paulson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Hoenig]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas City Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shares Rebound Despite Another Oil Record ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602561.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602561.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 6 -- Wall Street reversed early losses to close higher Tuesday, as investors monitored the movements of record high oil prices but still bet that the economy was recovering. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 51.29, or 0.4 percent, to 13,020.83. Broader stock indicators also rebounded. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebound]]></category><category><![CDATA[Despite]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Record]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.R. Horton Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas J. Lee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shares Fall as Oil Hits New High, Microsoft Withdraws Bid for Yahoo ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502393.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502393.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 5 -- Wall Street pulled back Monday after Microsoft decided to withdraw its bid for Yahoo and oil prices rose to a new record, near $120 a barrel.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524227231" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524227231" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hits]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[High,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Withdraws]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bid]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Countrywide Financial Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Merrill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leominster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russell Croft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continental Airlines Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Jobs Report and a Merger Lift Stocks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050300243.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050300243.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks rose on a better-than-forecast jobs report and a $23 billion takeover of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lift]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marc Pado]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reno (Nevada)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cadbury Schweppes plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cantor Fitzgerald LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hershey Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ After Investors Digest Positive News, Stocks Barely Budge for the Day ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050203326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050203326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 2 -- Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Friday as investors set aside some initial enthusiasm over a stronger-than-expected jobs report to lock in some of their recent gains. Blue-chip stocks logged their third weekly advance in a row as investors grew more confident about the economy's ability to outrun a deep downturn. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Digest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Positive]]></category><category><![CDATA[News,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barely]]></category><category><![CDATA[Budge]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Give Up Big Gains And Close Lower After Fed Rate Cut ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003424.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003424.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 30 -- Wall Street gave up sharp gains and closed lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-point but left investors guessing about its next move. The Dow Jones industrial average, momentarily above 13,000 for the first time since early January, ended the session down modestly. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Give]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gains]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cut]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[General Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Business Objects SA]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Mixed Ahead of Fed Meeting; Drop in Oil Gives Airline Shares a Lift ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902698.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902698.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 29 -- Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Tuesday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision on interest rates.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524227689" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524227689" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahead]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meeting;]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drop]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gives]]></category><category><![CDATA[Airline]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lift]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[MasterCard Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Countrywide Financial Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lear Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Despite Acquisition Activity, Stocks Change Little Before Fed Meeting ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802371.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802371.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 28 -- Wall Street finished little changed Monday as investors were cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which starts Tuesday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Despite]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acquisition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Activity,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Little]]></category><category><![CDATA[Before]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meeting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continental Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[UAL Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kirk Kerkorian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tracinda Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hints of Strength Overseas Let Stocks Advance for Second Straight Week ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042600108.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042600108.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks posted the first back-to-back weekly gains since February after earnings at Boeing and Philip Morris International bolstered speculation that overseas growth will offset slower domestic demand. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hints]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strength]]></category><category><![CDATA[Overseas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Let]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Second]]></category><category><![CDATA[Straight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boeing Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philip Morris International Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Freeman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Altria Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambac Financial Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberty Mutual Insurance Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[National City Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safeco Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Westwood Holdings Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dow Closes Highest Since Jan. 3 Behind Strong Financial Shares ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. stocks advanced yesterday, capping the first back-to-back weekly gains since February, after a late rally in financial shares overshadowed slumping consumer confidence and weaker sales growth at Microsoft. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Closes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Highest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Since]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jan.]]></category><category><![CDATA[3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Behind]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Michigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Lee]]></category><category><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Schlumberger Ltd.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ford's Profit, Jobless Claims Give Stocks Fuel to Rally ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403423.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403423.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 24 -- Wall Street rallied Thursday after the government's jobless claims data and Ford Motor's first-quarter results injected some optimism into the market.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524228112" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524228112" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ford's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Profit,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jobless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Claims]]></category><category><![CDATA[Give]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fuel]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rally]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Starbucks Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[3M Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Motorola Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Boeing Results Help Stocks Advance On Erratic Trading Day ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 23 -- Wall Street ended a choppy session Wednesday with a moderate advance after a better-than-expected profit report at Boeing and a seesaw day in the energy markets. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Results]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Erratic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boeing Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[ANADIGICS Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Broadcom Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safeco Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberty Mutual Insurance Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York Mercantile Exchange Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambac Financial Group Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Inflation Fears, Earnings Reports Help Drive Stocks Down ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR2008042200629.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR2008042200629.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling more than 100 points as a rush of quarterly results from large companies such as AT&T, DuPont and McDonald's failed to impress investors. Oil prices also reached fresh highs, raising concerns about inflation. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Earnings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[DuPont Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arthur Hogan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[CIT Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NYSE Euronext]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cautious Investors Interrupt Last Week's Big Rally ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 21 -- Wall Street started the week with a mixed performance, as investors became cautious Monday after a weaker-than-expected profit report from Bank of America, disappointing news from the Midwest bank National City, and another record-breaking tear in oil prices. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cautious]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interrupt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rally]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[National City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cialis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cymbalta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eli Lilly and Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mattel Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Royal Bank of Canada]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks' Advance Is Biggest in 3 Months ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041900041.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041900041.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stocks last week rose the most in almost three months after oil prices reached new highs and Google, J.P. Morgan Chase and Intel reported better-than-expected earnings.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524228577" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=302524228577" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks']]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biggest]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Months]]></category><category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamie Dimon]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Carey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Schwab Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pioneer Investment Management Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Rally Behind Google, Citigroup And Post Big Ga