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Opposition activists in Thailand rejected a government offer for dialogue on Sunday after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ruled out dissolving parliament and assigned a junior minister to attend the talks.

It's a no-brainer to open an IRA by April 15 for tax advantages, but after the stock market trauma of the last few years, picking investments for it doesn't seem simple.

NEW YORK: US stocks fell Friday as investors took profits from recent gains and fretted about the global economic recovery following India's surprise interest rate hike.

Oil prices fell by 1.9 percent on Friday, taking their biggest one-day dip in three weeks, as the U.S. dollar firmed against foreign currencies, slashing investment flows into oil and other commodities.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:59am EDT - A man walks past the Google logo in front of its China headquarters building in Beijing March 19, 2010.

Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:15pm EDT - A board at the New York Stock Exchange displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the opening bell July 24, 2009.

Evidence of rallying economies in Asia were heightened Friday by India's central bankfor the first time in 20 months.

Stocks halted their steady climb Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will cut food prices and mount a new ad campaign over the next six weeks, a threat to other U.S. grocers that sent an industry shares index down more than 2 percent on Friday.

Oil prices dropped Friday, tumbling close to $80 a barrel as continued uncertainty about Greece's economy helped lift the dollar higher.Benchmark crude for April delivery dropped $2 to $80.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Oil is traded in U.S. currency, and its price tends to fall as the dollar rises and makes contracts tougher to ...

In this Tuesday, March 16, 2010 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York.

Stocks traded in a narrow range Friday as investors shied away from major moves in the absence of any significant economic news.

A former McNair attorney and a North Carolina financial adviser were charged with taking $3.5 million from 35 investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.

March 17 -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today.

At midday, the S&P/TSX was down about 87 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 12,013 from Wednesday's close as energy stocks fell along with the price of oil.

Foreigners invested $11.8 billion in Canadian securities in January, with debt instruments continuing to attract the bulk of non-resident demand.

A key measure of the US economy gained in February, signalling a continuing moderate recovery, according to a private research group Thursday.

An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Shanghai, China.

Asian stocks hovered near a two-month high on Thursday, with expectations for continued low global interest rates and modest inflation likely to support equity markets in the near term.

March 17 -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today.