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  • Despite analyst predictions, oil has hit a three month high as concerns about oil supplies continue to drive prices up for the near term

  • Greece drops out of the spotlight as the attention turns to Italy, which has the third largest economy of the eurozone countries, contributing 12 percent of the region's overall GDP.

  • There are hints at improvement in the latest jobs numbers, but it's still not enough — and not everyone is counted.

  • Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou drops vote on debt deal; but a stable future depends on short-term instability

  • The markets end on a positive as the Federal Reserve wraps up its two-day meeting without much news, and the eurozone waits on Greece.

  • The Greek prime minister shocks Europe with today's announcement that he's putting the agreement to a referendum vote. Markets are not happy.

  • How about this positive outlook: Today's downward turn in the stock market was far from enough to erase one of the strongest months ever for share prices

  • Not since 1974 has the S&P enjoyed such a bull market in the usually-bearish month of October. We talk with a trader who's been on the the New York Stock Exchange every October since then.

  • Oct 28, 2011

    A sigh of relief?

    A euro zone agreement falls short of a bazooka but succeeds in giving investors some firepower.

  • Eurozone leaders are trying to solve the debt crisis. Can they overcome the bureaucratic hurdles to a comprehensive solution?