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Job, Housing News Worsens
Associated PressTwo cornerstones of the economy — jobs and housing — sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record. The bleak reports underscored the self-reinforcing...Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, The White House, George Bush, National Government
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Stocks tumble, moved by banks and builders
SATELLITE RADIO MERGER CLOSE TO BEING OK'D | Approval of a merger of the nation's only two satellite radio companies was imminent Thursday after the pair agreed to pay $19.7 million to settle charges they violated federal rules. Martin said the...Tags: XM Satellite Radio Holdings Incorporated, Vehicles, Radio, Insurance, Northbrook
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Existing Home Sales Fall 2.6 Percent
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales dropped by 2.6 percent...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Maitland, Consumers
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Chicago home sales drop 28% in June
Tribune staff reporterSales and median prices for existing homes in Chicago and the state dropped in June as the real estate market remained strained by low consumer confidence and a troubled economy. In the nine-county Chicago market, total home sales dropped 27.9 percent to...Tags: Consumer Confidence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sales, Homes, Consumers
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Even now, retailers see a blue Christmas
Chicago Tribune reporterThere's no cheerful way to say it: Get ready for a sober Christmas season. Yes, it's only July, but retailers already are deep in planning mode for the holiday season, and what they are sensing adds up to potential trouble, with some experts saying...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Credit and Debt, Moody's Corporation, Consumers, Hartmarx Corporation
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Toyota outsells GM worldwide in first half
AP Auto WriterGeneral Motors Corp., pummeled by falling U.S. sales and high gas prices, lost the global sales lead to Toyota Motor Corp. in the first half of this year, but the churning market makes it difficult to predict which automaker will end the year on top....Tags: General Motors Corp., Vehicles, Real Estate Sales, Heavy Engineering, Consumer Confidence
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Buying power in nine L.A. neighborhoods is underestimated, study says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSydney Bradford doesn't own a car, so when she needs to shop, she jumps on a bus. Then she gets on another one, and another. "To get to the nearest pharmacy, I take three buses," she said. Bradford's odyssey reflects the scarcity of shopping choices...Tags: Leimert Park, Hyde Park, Population and Census, Boyle Heights, Gap Inc.
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Jobless benefits now last longer - so will your wait
Sentinel Staff WriterCharles Brown lost his wife to cancer and lost his job for taking time off to care for her. The 56-year-old Orlando man thought he finally had caught a break when Congress extended unemployment benefits by an additional 13 weeks, effective this month....Tags: Business, Bankruptcy, Invention and Innovation, Financially Distressed Companies, Unemployment
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Many retirees could outlive their assets
McClatchy-TribuneThinking about retirement? Think hard. A new study warns that about 75 percent of "near retirees" - those ages 58 to 65 - will outlive their savings unless they reduce their pre-retirement standard of living by more than one-third. For many Americans,...Tags: Energy KD, Wages and Pensions, Consumer Confidence, Social Security, Inflation and Deflation
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The week ahead
Monday Meetings June leading economic indicators Earnings Apple Inc., Bank of America Corp., Canadian National Railway, Hasbro Inc., SanDisk Corp. Tuesday Earnings Canadian Pacific Railway, DuPont Co., E-Trade Financial Corp., Fifth Third Bancorp,...Tags: McDonald's Corp., Union Pacific Corporation, Altria Group, Fifth Third Bancorp, Apple Inc.
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