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Posted on 3/5/13 at 9:50 AM
ARLENE COCO'S PRAIRIE KITCHEN Autumn Harvest Photo Gallery and Farmer's Market Ratatouille Recipe
I love farmer's markets. The colors, the smells, the bakery and everything else that goes with it. I also like to photograph farmer's markets when I travel. Here are a few pics from our own Harvest Fe...
Posted on 10/7/12 at 9:23 AM
Dow Jones industrial average closes above 15,000 for 1st time 
The Dow Jones industrial average was headed for its first close above 15,000 Tuesday as Wall Street followed world markets higher.
By Steve Rothwell , May 07, 2013
Futures down ahead of State of the Union address
Futures are down in light trading ahead of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, where the economy will take center stage.
By Associated Press , February 12, 2013
A fertilizer patch in North Dakota?
N-Flex LLC will provide more information to the North Dakota Industrial Commission, which ordered more details as it considers whether to put $1 million into the company’s system to make anhydrous ammonia fertilizer from a series of mobile natural gas-to-fertilizer plants in the state.
By Mikkel Pates , August 28, 2012
Where are Facebook's friends? Stock slide deepens
Facebook's stock has plunged after the IPO. It fell $1.09, or 3.2 percent, to $32.94 in late morning trading Tuesday, after dropping as low as $30.98 earlier in the day. The latest price is 13 percent below the IPO price of $38 and values the company at about $91 billion.
By Barbara Ortutay and Pallavi Gogoi , May 22, 2012
Stocks rise, extending best start since 1998
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66.22 points to close at 13,212.04. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 5.19 points to close at 1,408.47. The Nasdaq composite barely moved, falling 3.79 points to close at 3,091.57.
By Joshua Freed , March 30, 2012
Materials lead U.S. stocks lower as commodities dip
Falling commodity prices punished materials and energy companies Wednesday, pushing Wall Street's major stock indexes to a lower close. Crude oil lost nearly $2 to $105 a barrel, hurting energy stocks. Peabody Energy fell 3.4 percent, Chevron 1.1 percent and Exxon 0.9 percent.
By Daniel Wagner , March 28, 2012
Stocks closing at multi-year highs follows Bernanke remarks
Stocks leapt to one of their biggest gains of the year today after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the economy still needs help to produce faster job growth.
By Christina Rexrode , March 26, 2012
U.S. stocks close mixed, continuing bumpy week
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 4 points, or 0. percent, at 13,12 on Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed down 3, or 0.2 percent, at 1,403. The Nasdaq composite average closed up 1 at 3,075.
By Daniel Wagner , March 21, 2012
Apple to pay dividend, start stock buybacks
After amassing a huge cash hoard, Apple Inc. is finally acknowledging that it doesn't need all that money, saying today that it will start paying some of it out to shareholders in the form of a dividend and share buyback program.
By Peter Svensson , March 19, 2012
Stocks slip on Wall Street, a day after huge surge
Stocks slipped on Wall Street today, a day after the market had its biggest gain of the year. Citigroup fell after failing to convince regulators it was healthy enough to raise its dividend.
By Associated Press , March 14, 2012
U.S. stocks record biggest gains of year
Highest close since last day of 2007They rallied from the opening bell today after the government said February retail sales gains were the strongest since September. JPMorgan Chase gave the rally extra juice by announcing it would raise its stock dividend.
By Matthew Craft , March 13, 2012
Dow falls more than 200, interrupting 2012 rally
The Dow has not closed down more than 100 points this year, and its biggest decline during a trading day had been 159 points, on Jan. 13. It fell sharply from the opening bell today and was down as much as 212.
By Joshua Freed , March 06, 2012
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