Wall Street gains as Fed minutes boost stimulus bets (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks rose for a third straight day on Tuesday in a volatile session, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting boosted expectations the U.S. central bank will act again to stimulate the economy. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Wall Street reverses early gains as tech drags (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains of more than 1 percent, as weak results from Dell dragged down the largest U.S. personal computer makers and offset recent upbeat earnings and outlooks from retailers, including Target Corp . Yahoo! News: Business News
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Wall Street ends down after 3 days of gains (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday after three days of gains when a meeting between the heads of France and Germany failed to quell fears about euro zone leaders’ ability to contain the region’s sovereign debt woes. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Rising Prices Signal Gains In Commercial Real Estate Demand at Mid-Year Ahead of Latest Market Jolts

In an analysis of commercial real estate sales completed through June of this year, investors showed a sharpened appetite for commercial property, with increasing demand pushing prices up in the second quarter, according to the latest release of the CoStar Commercial Repeat Sale Indic
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Private Sector Job Gains Losing Ground to Surging Layoffs

A sudden and unexpected burst in private-sector downsizing pushed the number of announced job cuts to a 16-month high of 66,414 in July, according the latest report on downsizing activity by outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. The 66,414 job cuts last month
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