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In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 photo, workers unload bricks at a brick-making factory in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. As bricks continue to be used in construction throughout Myanmar, traditional craftsmen who produce hand-made bricks are facing competition from machine-made bricks which are produced more efficiently. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File) (AP)

The masters of the universe: Oxfam says 8 men as rich as half the world

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Yes or no? What Greece’s landmark vote might bring

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Traders on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Boston bombings add to market turbulence

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Protesters line on the ground in front of riot police in Nicosia, Cyprus. (AP/Petros Karadjias)

Eurozone unemployment hits record 12 percent

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Fitch warns it may downgrade US over debt standoff

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HSBC to pay $1.9 billion to settle money-laundering scandal

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Eurozone unemployment rises to new record

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Branson’s kids are on board

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A trader strides across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 429.92 points. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP)

Stocks tumble as post-Fed relief rally peters out

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Display boards at the Australia Stock Exchange show results shortly after the opening in Sydney, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. Australian and New Zealand markets have opened lower in reaction to ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgrading of the United States government credit rating from AAA to AA+. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (AP)

Global stocks fall after U.S. debt downgrade

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A man looks at a securities firm's stock board in Tokyo as Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average lost 155.12 points to close at 10,434.38 Thursday, March 10, 2011. Asian shares fell Thursday, weighed down by ongoing fighting in Libya and a larger than expected contraction in Japan's economy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (AP)

Nikkei plunges on 1st trading day after quake

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A Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Libyan crisis stalks markets, weighing on stocks

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Stocks jump after relatively upbeat U.S. jobs data

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Dollar, stocks slide as U.S. jobs data disappoints

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U.S. retail sales drop hurts world stock markets

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Euro slides amid Euroepan debt crisis

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Euphoria greets EU’s $1 trillion rescue for euro

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Surprise US growth sends stocks higher

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