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Stocks end mixed as oil reaches new high
Stocks gave up early gains to trade mixed Friday as investors balanced concerns about rising oil prices with a surprise jump in home construction.   Full story
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Data look mild, but feeling is gloomy
Surge in energy prices stokes inflation
White House plan offers little foreclosure relief
Too soon to look for housing market bottom
Mortgage relief proposals advance
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Old gas pumps can't handle higher prices
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Freddie Mac’s loss widens to $151 million
Wal-Mart profit rises 6.9 percent
MBIA slides to huge loss on hefty charges
FedEx cuts its fourth-quarter guidance
Toyota issues a bleak earnings forecast
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