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Consumer confidence index drops in August amid financial market volatility, housing problems

Associated Press
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Consumer confidence weakened in August as Americans focused on turbulent financial markets, a decline in home prices and tighter credit standards. The New Yor...
Glut of unsold homes worries Wall Street

Associated Press
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes dropped for a fifth straight month in July while the number of unsold homes shot up to a record level. Many analysts said the worst...
Venezuela aids neighbors

Associated Press
Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- Laid-off Brazilian factory workers have their jobs back, Nicaraguan farmers are getting low-interest loans and Bolivian mayors can afford new healt...
Grainger speeds up stock buyback

Bloomberg News
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - W.W. Grainger, the Lake Forest-based maker of electrical equipment, power tools and pumps, entered into a $500 million accelerated share repurchase agreement with Goldma...
SEC says Sentinel defrauded clients

Daily Herald Staff Report
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges Monday against Sentinel Management Group, the Northbrook-based cash management firm serving the U.S...
Investors still harbor credit worries

Daily Herald Staff
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The initial euphoria in financial markets after Friday's Federal Reserve discount rate cut faded Monday, and questions began to be asked about what more need...

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