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Wall Street’s Goldman Sachs moves quietly into Main Street

by Ken Sweet Associated PressJuly 18, 2017

FILE - In this May 2, 2016, file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is interviewed in Omaha, Neb. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying 700 million shares in Bank of America, making Buffett the largest shareholder in two of the nation's largest banks. (AP Photo/John Peterson, File)

Warren Buffett to buy 700 million shares in Bank of America

by Ken Sweet Associated PressJune 30, 2017

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, the American flag flies above the Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are opening modestly lower on Wall Street, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, as traders didn't find much to get excited about in the latest batch of earnings reports from U.S. companies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stocks steady as earnings digested

by Ken Sweet Associated PressFebruary 2, 2017

FILE - This July 15, 2013, file photo, shows the New York Stock Exchange. Stock markets pushed higher on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, as investors cheered another record day on Wall Street and looked past the political and economic uncertainty buffeting Europe. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks gain, Dow at record

by Ken Sweet Associated PressDecember 6, 2016

FILE - This July 15, 2013, file photo, shows the New York Stock Exchange. Oil prices surged Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, on expectations of a production cut from the OPEC cartel of producers. Shares in oil companies rose in the slipstream of higher oil prices, helping indexes around the world to post solid gains. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks move lower, despite gains in banks, oil

by Marley Jay The Associated Press, and Ken Sweet The Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo, an American flag flies in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks started slightly lower early Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, as the price of oil tumbled almost 4 percent. That took energy companies sharply lower. Health care companies climbed after a strong outlook from UnitedHealth Group. Tiffany jumped after it reported better quarterly results than analysts expected. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks edge up on health care

by Ken Sweet Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, a pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange, in lower Manhattan. Uncertainty over whether OPEC countries will back an oil production cut at their upcoming meeting, as intended, weighed on global stock markets on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Worries over an upcoming constitutional referendum in Italy also kept investors at bay. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Stocks retreat as banks, retailers fall

by Ken Sweet Associated PressNovember 28, 2016

FILE - This Jan. 4, 2010 file photo shows an entrance to a Wall Street subway station in New York. Shares fell Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in Europe and Asia as nervous investors fretted over the potential outcome of next week's nail-bitingly close U.S. presidential election. Investors also were awaiting the release of U.S. employment data. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

S&P 500 index marks its longest losing streak in 36 years

by Ken Sweet Associated PressNovember 4, 2016

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, a miniature reproduction of Arturo Di Modica's "Charging Bull" sculpture sits on display at a street vendor's table outside the New York Stock Exchange, in lower Manhattan. Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street, giving the market a chance to break its longest losing streak in five years, Thursday, Nov 3. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Stocks maintain losing streak

by Ken Sweet Associated PressNovember 3, 2016

Trader David Williams, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Stocks are opening modestly lower on Wall Street as the market extends a pre-election losing streak. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Election worries depress markets

by Ken Sweet Associated PressNovember 2, 2016