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Retailers report sluggish August sales

Posted on Sep 04, 2008 - 6:35 am
AP - Many of the nation's retailers are reporting a sluggish start to the back-to-school season as shoppers focused on buying essentials in August amid persistent worries about high gas and food prices, a slumping housing market and a weak job market.

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Rate decisions ahead, global stocks stable as dollar slips
Posted on Sep 04, 2008 - 3:34 am - Reuters
Reuters - Global equities stabilized on Thursday after hitting a two-year low while the dollar trimmed recent gains ahead of European interest rate decisions and the British pound touched a trade-weighted 12-year low.

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Reports show weak start to back-to-school season
Posted on Sep 03, 2008 - 12:26 pm - AP
AP - Early reports from several retailers including J.C. Penney Co. and Kohl's Corp. confirmed on Wednesday what Wall Street had already expected: a weak start to the back-to-school shopping season.

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Retirement account rules catch many by surprise
Posted on Sep 02, 2008 - 3:21 pm - AP
AP - There's some sentiment that a government rule that forces retirees to withdraw money from their IRA and 401(k) accounts when they turn 70 1/2 may need to be changed. That's because people are living longer and need to keep as much of their retirement money for as long as possible, said several financial advisers and a leader of the Senate Finance Committee.

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Retailers slash prices, but at what cost?
Posted on Sep 02, 2008 - 2:21 pm - AP
AP - In a bid to pull hesitant shoppers into their stores, retailers are slashing prices on everything from jeans to dinnerware. But those fat discounts will likely come at a big cost for the companies.

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Roche offers to buy out Genentech for $43.7 billion
Posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 1:04 am - Reuters
Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG offered to acquire all outstanding shares in its U.S. partner Genentech Inc for $43.7 billion.

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Retail sales edge up slight 0.1 percent in June
Posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 8:39 am - AP
AP - Retail sales edged up by a weaker amount than expected in June as sales at auto dealerships plunged.

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Regulators to run IndyMac until buyer found
Posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 7:24 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Banking regulators on Friday swooped in to take over mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc , the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and the fifth bank to close this year.

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Regulator to run IndyMac while buyer sought
Posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 6:24 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Friday, which will run the bank while it looks for a buyer.

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Retailer discounts lift some consumer gloom
Posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 10:23 am - Reuters
Reuters - Consumer confidence rose unexpectedly in early July from a 28-year low with the help of retail discounts, but the vast majority think the country is in a deepening recession, according to a survey released on Friday.

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Rohm and Haas deal value surprises Wall Street
Posted on Jul 10, 2008 - 9:20 pm - Reuters
Reuters - The 74 percent premium being paid by Dow Chemical Co for specialty chemical maker Rohm and Haas Co has surprised some on Wall Street, especially in light of the slowdown in the U.S. economy.

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Retailers avoid June swoon; tax rebates help
Posted on Jul 10, 2008 - 8:18 am - Reuters
Reuters - Tax rebates, summer weather and aggressive promotions sent many U.S. consumers shopping in June, providing some relief to retailers that have struggled for months in the weak economy.

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Retailers post mixed June sales results
Posted on Jul 10, 2008 - 7:18 am - AP
AP - Rebate checks and fat discounts gave a boost to June retail sales. Monthly sales figures being reported by U.S. retailers on Thursday show that shoppers are buying mostly necessities at discounters and still shying away from mall-based apparel stores, as high gas and food prices and a slumping housing market crimp their budgets.

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Retail property 2nd-qtr worst in 30 yrs: report
Posted on Jul 07, 2008 - 1:00 am - Reuters
Reuters - U.S. store closings and cutbacks turned the second quarter into the worst for strip mall owners in 30 years, as budget-conscious consumers flocked to low-cost warehouse-style grocery centers, according to a report by real estate research firm Reis.

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Real Estate: Making the REIT Picks
Posted on Jul 01, 2008 - 4:27 pm - BusinessWeek Online
BusinessWeek Online - After a great run, real estate investments have suffered over the past year, with the average real estate mutual fund down 18%, according to Morningstar. David Lee has managed the $2.5 billion T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund (NASDAQ:TRREX - News) since it opened in October 1997, so he has seen tough times before. In the two years after the fund started, shares of real estate investment trusts (REITs) lost almost 20%, even as the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index raced ahead 50%. "Even my family was calling up saying they were going to disown me," Lee jokes.

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Retail gasoline demand down on $4 pricetag
Posted on Jul 01, 2008 - 1:26 pm - Reuters
Reuters - U.S. retail gasoline demand remained in a slump as high prices at the pump trimmed demand for the fuel, MasterCard Advisors said Tuesday.

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Resolution scraps investment plan for Bradford & Bingley
Posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 9:45 am - AFP
AFP - British investment group Resolution said Friday it had abandoned its funding plan for home-loans provider Bradford & Bingley because of opposition from management at the group it sought to buy.

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RIM profit jumps, outlook underwhelms; stock drops
Posted on Jun 25, 2008 - 4:32 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Research In Motion reported a higher first-quarter profit on Wednesday as it continued to sign up subscribers for its BlackBerry smartphones at a rapid clip, but its shares dropped 8 percent in late trading as the results and outlook fell short of analyst expectations.

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Republic to merge with Allied Waste
Posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 7:15 am - Reuters
Reuters - Republic Services Inc said on Monday it plans to merge with Allied Waste Industries Inc creating a $12 billion waste and environmental services company.

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Retail M&A seen restarting with a bang
Posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 4:49 am - Reuters
Reuters - Retail mergers and acquisitions look to have dried up for at least another nine months, according to speakers at the Reuters Retail and Consumer Summit, but once the credit crunch eases and consumer trends are more predictable, buyers are poised for dealmaking.

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Retailers success raising prices limited: Fed
Posted on Jun 11, 2008 - 3:03 pm - Reuters
Reuters - U.S. businesses have faced rising costs in recent weeks but retailers have had only "mixed results" trying to raise selling prices with the economy still weak, the Federal Reserve said in a report on Wednesday.

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Retailers, brand owners seek fortunes at Licensing Show
Posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 6:49 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Toymakers, manufacturers and retailers shrugged off soaring temperatures and flocked to the 2008 Licensing International Expo, some showing off hit brands, and others vying for rights to use them.

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