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Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall
NEW YORK - Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent optimism. The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 280 points.
Nations:Germany Japan France Activities:U.S. Markets Source:(AP)
2008-07-24
Top drug companies' earnings beat forecasts
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's two biggest drugmakers, Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L), both beat expectations for quarterly earnings on Wednesday, as did Wyeth (WYE.N), indicating the sector's resilience.
Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-23
Stocks advance following sharp drop in oil prices
NEW YORK - Stocks advanced for the second straight session Wednesday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the economy.
Nations:Germany Japan France Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis U.S. Markets
2008-07-23
How one vet's persistence paid off
It was an average-looking letter that landed in Paul Weaver's mailbox. But bearing news that his veteran's disability benefits had been stopped, it felt more like a ton of crashing bricks.
Nations:U.S. Afghanistan Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-07-23
Technology uses tobacco plants to fight cancer
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants -- normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it -- could aid people with lymphoma in fighting the disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-22
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