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  • Stocks decline as AIG reveals need for cash, oil surges

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street retreated Friday as investors contended with wider-than-expected losses at insurer American International Group Inc. and another worrisome spike in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 130 points....

  • Clarification: Activision earnings story

    NEW YORK (AP) -- In a May 8 story about Activision Inc.'s earnings, The Associated Press reported that the company expected earnings of $1.30 per share after excluding Vivendi Games. The story should have said the adjusted earnings excluded other items as well....

  • Commodities Review: Wheat drops on higher output forecast

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat futures fell sharply Friday after the government forecast increased U.S production and a record global crop, while corn futures surged to a new high on continuing concerns about the weather....

  • Sovereign, AIG among big market movers

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that are moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:...

  • Gas jumps above $3.67, oil passes $126 on Venezuela concerns

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10, as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member. Gas prices, meanwhile, rose above an average $3.67 a gallon at the pump, following oil's recent path higher....

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