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    Gov't home price index posts largest-ever drop (AP)
    AP - U.S. home prices fell 4.8 percent in the second quarter compared with a year ago, a new record low, according to a government report. -- read full article
    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:29:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    New-home sales rose slightly in July, prices fell (AP)

    Byron Rodas works on the roof line of a modular home at the Westchester Modular Homes factory in Wingdale, N.Y. Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. The employee-owned company produces about 400 modular homes annually. Sales of new homes posted an unexpected gain in July as heavily discounted properties enticed cautious house hunters to become home buyers. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - Sales of new homes rose in July, but still fell short of economists' expectations, and home prices continued to sink.


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    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:08:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady (AP)
    AP - The number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:19:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    UK economic growth ground to a halt in Q2 (AP)
    AP - British economic growth ground to a halt between April and June, ending more than 15 years of continuous expansion, the government said Friday, as many fear the country is headed for recession. -- read full article
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:52:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Demolition derbies take hit from high scrap prices (AP)

    Demolition derby drivers compete in the V-8 engine class at the Valley District Fair Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Reedsville, W.Va., Soaring scrap metal prices are making crashable cars more expensive and harder to find. (AP Photo/Vicki Smith)AP - Mud is flying, smoke and steam are rising, and the deafening roar of V-8 engines all but drowns out 5-year-old Shelby Scott's screams.


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    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:54:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Mexico GDP grows 2.8 percent in 2nd quarter (AP)
    AP - Mexico's economy expanded 2.8 percent in the second quarter, up slightly over 2.6 percent growth in the first three months of the year. -- read full article
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:56:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Jobless claims fall for second straight week (AP)

    In this July 30, 2008 file photo, jobs brochures are seen on display at a state unemployment office in Sunnyvale, Calif. The government says Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a six-year high. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight drop from a six-year high, according to government data released Thursday.


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    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:09:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Japan's trade surplus falls 86.6 percent in July (AP)
    AP - Japan's trade surplus in July fell 86.6 percent from a year earlier as spending on imports grew because of higher prices for oil and other commodities, the government said Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:05:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Labor Dept: Fewer workers killed on job in 2007 (AP)
    AP - The number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:07:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Housing starts dip to lowest level since March '91 (AP)

    An unidentified worker toils on a new home under construction in south Denver on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. Construction of homes and apartments fell in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years, the government reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Construction of homes and apartments fell in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years, the government reported Tuesday.


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    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:13:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981 (AP)

    A $15,000 discount is advertised on the windshield of an unsold 2008 Ram pickup truck at a Dodge dealership in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 3, 2008. The government says wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years.The Labor Department reported that wholesale prices shot up 1.2 percent in July, pushed higher by rising costs for energy, motor vehicles and other products Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday.


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    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
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    AP - July industrial output rose by a better-than-expected 0.2 percent, utilities output falls. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Industrial output up 0.2 percent in July (AP)
    AP - Industrial output rose in July at a slightly better pace than expected as a further rebound in the auto industry offset a big plunge in output at the nation's utilities. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:28:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    Consumer prices surge, job market remains strained (AP)

    In this June 20, 2008 file photo, a man arranges boxes of strawberries at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York. Consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs. The latest surge left inflation running at the fastest pace in 17 years. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Inflation is running at the fastest pace in 17 years, the job market is under further strain and foreclosure filings are surging.


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    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:29:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
    EU: Euro economy shrinks in second quarter (AP)
    AP - Euro-zone growth braked sharply in the second quarter as major economies Germany, France and Italy shrank, EU statistics showed Thursday, with high fuel and food prices holding back consumer spending. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:50:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Economy News
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