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Europe’s Plight Chills Year-End Market Predictions

Nov 26, 2011
Traditionally, the holiday season brings good tidings for the stock market, too. There's even something called "the Santa rally," we learned from this Wall Street Journal article. Neat! But this year, with trouble on the European front and the ongoing recession (yes, that reads "recession") at home, there may be less to look forward to, or so market forecasters fear.

Egypt Bomb Kills at Least 21

Jan 2, 2011
In a bloody beginning to the new year in Egypt, a suicide bombing outside a Coptic church in Alexandria killed at least 21 people and injured dozens more "This massacre has al-Qaida written all over ," a church official said.