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BusinessWeek
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High gas prices and the housing bust combine to drive pickup truck sales down to their second lowest level since 2000
By any measure, March was a lousy month for the car business. But for Detroit, it was truly dreadful.
Pickup trucks are taking a re..
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BusinessWeek
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Jittery investors dumped shares Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 down over 5% in the first five days of the trading year
The wintry gloom that has enshrouded Wall Street thickened on Tuesday as major indexes slumped once again. Repeated attempts by equitie..
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MSNBC
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The average price in the United States for gasoline went down about 9 cents over the last three weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.
The average price of regular gasoline on Friday was $3 a gallon, mid-grade was $3.12, and premium was $3.24, o..
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New York Times
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The U.S. dollar stumbled to a record low against the euro and was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Thursday morning. Gold was steady.
The euro, in its second straight day of record-setting, hit an all-time high of $1.3927 Thursd..
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CNN
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European stocks plummeted on Friday, surrendering what was left of their 2007 gains as a spreading malaise in the U.S. subprime mortgage market continued to hit stocks worldwide. Banking shares took a beating, with Royal Bank of Scotland down 4.5 percent,..
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Market Watch
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U.S. home prices continued to fall in February, with prices down 1.5% in 10 major cities compared with a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday.
Home prices depreciated year-over-year for the second straight month..
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ABC News
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Mar 2, 2007 (AP)— Stocks stumbled in the final session of a tumultuous week Friday as the yen rallied against the dollar and concerns about the U.S. economy still dogged investors after Tuesday's huge drop. The Dow Jones industrials logged their worst..
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BusinessWeek
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With mobile-phone losses at $418 million, sales down 39%, and competition expected to peak, the handset maker needs new products to recover
Well, maybe it's not worth $20 a share.
Or at least that was the apparent takeaway from Motorola's (MOT) late..
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BusinessWeek
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FriendFeed is tearing down the walls between Web haunts such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, etc.
Attention, attention: The latest tech darling has arrived, and it goes by the name of FriendFeed. Silicon Valley is buzzing about the seven-month-old startu..
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BusinessWeek
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Our communications coach breaks down the ace presenter's latest Macworld keynote. The result? A 10-part framework you can use to wow your own audience
When Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs kicked off this year's Macworld Conference & Expo, he once again rai..
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MSNBC
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Merrill Lynch & Co., the world’s largest brokerage, on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter loss of nearly $10 billion after writing down some $14.6 billion worth of investments and trades slammed by the ongoing credit crisis.
The company posted a net lo..
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BusinessWeek
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Some see a "supercycle" in climbing prices for oil, gold, and the like. But others say a slowing U.S. economy could drag them down
Commodity prices opened 2008 just like they finished 2007—on the rise. In the first six trading days of the New Year, o..
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CNN
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Asian stocks plunged Monday, dragged down by last week's decline on Wall Street and the weak U.S. dollar. Traders pinned hopes on bargain-hunting to buoy markets later in the day. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index lost 2.24 percent to finish at 16,..
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New York Times
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Eager to expand the holiday shopping season without provoking consumers, retailers are experimenting with a novel approach: earlier-than-ever advertising that deliberately plays down the tinsel and holly.
Shattering records for an early start, Wal-Mart..
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MSNBC
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Erich Merkle, vice president of auto industry forecasting for consulting company IRN Inc. in Grand Rapids, said it will take months for the rate cut to trickle down to average consumers.
"These are pretty weak numbers and this is indicative of the over..
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CNN
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European stocks were down by midday on Tuesday as worries about banks' vulnerability to credit market turmoil and the U.S. subprime crisis returned to center stage after a sharp rally in the previous session. At 1033 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top..
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CNN
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European shares ended at their lowest close in two weeks on Wednesday, weighed down by banks and miners, as worries about the impact of the U.S. mortgage market on the broader economy knocked investor sentiment.
British mortgage bank Northern Rock was..
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CNN
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European shares hit their lowest in about two months on Friday, mirroring slides in riskier assets on concerns over the impact of higher interest rates and inflation as government bond yields rose.
By 1055 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index w..
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BBC News
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The embattled boss of engineering group Siemens, Klaus Kleinfeld, has said he will stand down later this year.
Mr Kleinfeld, under pressure because of corruption claims surrounding the firm, said he would not renew his contract when it ends at the end..
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USA Today
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Home Depot (HD), the world's largest home improvement store chain, reported Tuesday a 28% drop in fourth-quarter profit despite a 4% gain in overall sales. But sales at stores open at least a year fell. Home Depot cited in part a slowing home improveme..
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