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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — First-time buyers seized on an expiring tax credit, low mortgage rates and falling prices to boost home sales in October to their highest level in 2½ years.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Investors halted stocks\' three-day losing streak Monday, buying across the market on a range of factors including the weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they\'ll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday a hefty impairment charge in its beef business left it with a loss for the fourth quarter, but said its sales rose and its chicken business was profitable for the second straight quarter.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation\'s economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The federal government said Monday that it has found a \"strong association\" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Retail gasoline prices headed downward to begin one of the country\'s busiest travel weeks, with more than 33 million people expected to hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — Price-conscious grocery shoppers are being choosy about what they buy to cook at home, even from the value-oriented Campbell Soup Co.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers continue to take control of their debt as the delinquency rate on credit cards heads toward 1 percent.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday on reports that another rival, Switzerland\'s Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid.
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