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    Retailers report mixed sales results in July (AP)

    Flat screen televisions line the wall at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. store in Rogers, Ark., in this  Thursday, June 5, 2008 photo. Wal-Mart Stores says its July same-store sales rose 3 percent, slightly less than expectations TThursday, Aug. 7, 2008, as tax-rebate checks dried up and consumers spent closer to their paycheck cycle. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)AP - The outlook for the back-to-school shopping season seemed grim Thursday, as retailers' July sales reports showed an increasing shift toward buying necessities like food and household supplies at discounters and away from discretionary spending on clothing.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:50:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Stocks fall on weak jobs report, Wal-Mart sales (AP)

    Trader Eric Schumacher watches the numbers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before the Federal Reserve interest rate decision, Tuesday Aug. 5, 2008. Wall Street held on to a big advance Tuesday after the Federal Reserve left the benchmark federal funds rate target unchanged at 2% and assuaged some of the market's fears about the economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Wall Street retreated Thursday after weekly unemployment claims jumped to a six-year high and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other retailers reported disappointing sales, touching off renewed fears that a pullback in consumer spending will damage the economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell about 120 points.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:46:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    AIG sees up to $8.5 billion in cash losses from CDS (Reuters)

    A sign on an office building for AIG, American International Group, is pictured in Los Angeles, May 8, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - American International Group Inc said on Thursday potential cash losses on its portfolio of credit default swaps tied to risky mortgage debt could be as high as $8.5 billion, much more than previously disclosed.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:22:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    AIG, Wal-Mart weigh on Wall Street (Reuters)

    The New York Times and The Wall Street Jounal are displayed at a newsstand on Monday, July 28, 2008 in New York.  News Corp. says fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 27 percent, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2008, on profit from the sale of assets and higher operating earnings in its film, cable networks and newspaper units. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Reuters - Stocks fell on Thursday as insurer American International Group and Citigroup weighed on the financial sector, while lower-than-expected July sales by Wal-Mart Stores Inc raised concerns about consumer spending and profit outlook.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:20:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Ex-Refco president sentenced to 10 years in prison (Reuters)
    Reuters - Tone Grant, former president of Refco, once the largest independent commodities broker, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a $2.4 billion fraud that involved hiding huge trading losses from clients. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:35:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Jobs, store sales soft but homes data brighter (Reuters)

    President and Chief Executive of Wal-Mart's U.S. Operations Eduardo Castro-Wright smiles as he watches reporters enter a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas June 5, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)Reuters - Claims for jobless aid rose last week and big retailers had disappointing sales in July, reports showed on Thursday, but a gauge of future home sales rose in a hopeful sign for the battered housing sector.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:34:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Citigroup to buy back $7 billion of auction-rate debt (Reuters)

    New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York August 7, 2008. Cuomo and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Citigroup agreed to buy back more than $7 billion of illiquid auction-rate securities and pay a $100 million civil fine to settle charges it marketed the debt fraudulently. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Citigroup Inc agreed to buy back more than $7 billion of illiquid auction-rate securities and pay a $100 million civil fine to settle charges it marketed the debt fraudulently.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:41:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    CarMax to slow growth after seeing sales drop (AP)
    AP - Used vehicle retailer CarMax Inc. said Wednesday it is reducing staffing levels and will temporarily slow its store growth after seeing a sharp drop in car and truck sales because of high gas prices. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:52:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Conn. sues Countrywide over lending practices (AP)
    AP - Connecticut sued Countrywide Financial Corp. on Wednesday, becoming the latest state to take the mortgage lender to court over its lending practices. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:14:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Market rises on Cisco outlook and drop in oil (Reuters)

    The New York Times and The Wall Street Jounal are displayed at a newsstand on Monday, July 28, 2008 in New York.  News Corp. says fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 27 percent, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2008, on profit from the sale of assets and higher operating earnings in its film, cable networks and newspaper units. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday, building on the previous day's big gains, as a further drop in oil prices and a reassuring outlook from Cisco Systems overshadowed persistent credit concerns.


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    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:26:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    HSBC denies new deadline for $6.3 billion KEB deal (Reuters)

    A woman walks past a HSBC logo at a branch office in Seoul March 5, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - HSBC Holdings (0005.HK) on Thursday denied a South Korean media report saying it had agreed with U.S. private equity firm Lone Star to set a new deadline for a $6.3 billion deal for control of Korea Exchange Bank.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:31:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    McDonald's says more product price rises possible (Reuters)

    A man eats a McDonald's hamburger in Miami Beach, Florida July 27, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)Reuters - McDonald's Corp said on Thursday it was considering further price increases, but would do nothing that slowed customer traffic into its global network of stores.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:25:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Freddie posts 4th straight quarterly loss and slashes dividend (Reuters)

    The corporate logo for Freddie Mac is seen at its headquarters building in McLean, Virginia, July 23, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - Freddie Mac , one of the major players in the U.S. mortgage market, on Wednesday posted its fourth straight quarterly loss as it braced for a prolonged housing market slump by setting aside twice as much money for bad loans and cutting its dividend by at least 80 percent.


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    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:29:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Insurer AIG posts large loss on bad mortgage bets (Reuters)

    A sign on an office building for AIG, American International Group, is pictured in Los Angeles, California May 8, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - American International Group Inc posted its third consecutive quarterly net loss of more than $5 billion on Wednesday as it wrote down bad mortgage-related investments, sending its shares down almost 8 percent.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:41:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Retailers amp up promotions for back-to-school (AP)

    Students shoppers walk out of Office Depot after purchasing school supplies at Office Depot in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, July 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Retailers preparing for a difficult back-to-school season are getting creative in their attempts to entice shoppers into the stores — aggressively introducing new products, slashing prices and amping up marketing in the battle for parents' bucks.


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    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:45:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
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