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    Department stores lead sales declines among retailers (Reuters)
    Reuters - Department stores posted disappointing June same-store sales results on Thursday, hurt by slow mall traffic and consumers looking to cut discretionary purchases, and shares of the companies fell. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:06:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Fears rise on trillion-dollar trouble for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (AFP)

    An exterior view of mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae is seen in 2006 in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Thursday that US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are AFP - US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are facing growing pressure as fears intensify about a potential calamity at the firms, which underpin trillions of dollars in home loans.


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    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:55:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Economy - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - The Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey found that 55% of economists polled say the U.S. will enter into a recession this year or already has due to higher energy prices, a weakening labor market and falling stock prices. That's up from 47% in the prior month. Respondents raised their Q2 GDP growth estimates to 1.2% from 0.4% due to tax rebate checks. But the outlook has worsened. Rising inflation risks will spur the Fed to hike rates, perhaps this fall, the survey found. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:37:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Stocks rise on Dow Chemical deal, Bernanke (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 8, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday, helped by optimism about a major deal in the chemicals sector and after the Federal Reserve chairman said the central bank and the government are focused on stabilizing the financial system.


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    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:52:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Lehman shares drop, Pimco says still trading (Reuters)
    Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc shares tumbled to an eight-year low on Thursday as the investment bank was battered by rumors -- later discredited -- that some key counterparties had pulled business away from it. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:07:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Citi sells German business for $7.7 billion (Reuters)
    Reuters - Citi will sell its German retail business to France's Credit Mutuel for $7.7 billion, it said on Friday, part of a global reorganization of the U.S. bank. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:02:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    InBev close to Anheuser-Busch deal: report (Reuters)
    Reuters - Anheuser-Busch is in active talks to sell itself to the Belgian brewer InBev NV in a friendly deal, the New York Times said on its website citing people briefed on the matter. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:07:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Government considers rescue of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: report (Reuters)
    Reuters - The U.S. government is considering taking over mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if their funding problems worsen, in a plan that could leave shareholders nothing, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:45:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Retailers avoid June swoon; tax rebates help (Reuters)
    Reuters - Summer weather, aggressive promotions and tax rebates sent many U.S. consumers shopping in June, giving retailers struggling in the weak economy their strongest month in more than a year. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:55:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Dow Chemical to buy Rohm and Haas for $15.3 bln (Reuters)
    Reuters - Dow Chemical Co said on Thursday it would buy rival Rohm and Haas Co for $15.3 billion in a move to broaden its product offerings in higher margin markets such as paints, coatings and electronic materials. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:42:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    U.S. needs financial regulatory overhaul: officials (Reuters)
    Reuters - Policy-makers said on Thursday they were doing everything possible to restore calm to financial markets, but stressed to lawmakers that a longer-term regulatory overhaul was vital to avert future crises. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:31:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Dow, S&P turn negative on oil, financials (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 8, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - The Dow and the S&P 500 turned negative on Thursday as the price of oil jumped more than $5 and financial stocks fell on worries about more credit losses.


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    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:37:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Lehman shares drop, Pimco says still trading (Reuters)
    Reuters - Pimco, the world's biggest bond fund, said Thursday that it continues to trade normally with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , as rumors that it had pulled business away from the investment bank clobbered Lehman's shares and bonds. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:08:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Fannie, Freddie stocks and bonds plummet (Reuters)
    Reuters - A firestorm of anxiety hammered the debt and shares of U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a second day on Thursday as fears mounted over their ability to raise the capital they need to survive. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:32:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    $4 gas may help rural towns as shoppers stay local (AP)

    Herman Heaton, a 72-year-old retired lumber mill worker from Thomasville, Ala., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, June 25, 2008, in Thomasville. Heaton, who no longer goes to Mobile to shop as much as he used to, said he now spends about $600 a month on gas, about 10 percent of his income and about double what he spent last year. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Residents in once-sleepy Thomasville have started complaining about traffic jams on Route 43, which runs right through the town.


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    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:08:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
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