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Treasury officials to meet Wall Street execs: report
May 02, 2008 03:03 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury Department officials plan private meetings
with Wall Street executives and bankers, in an apparent
attempt to counter Congressional Democrats seeking stronger steps to
handle the housing crisis, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Friday.

April auto sales plunge 14 percent
May 01, 2008 10:31 PM ET
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell 14 percent to their lowest
annual rate in a decade in April as weak consumer confidence and rising
gas prices hit the industry's most profitable vehicles
hardest.

Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 05:45:57 -0700 (PDT)

BETTER THAN EXPECTED, BUT STILL MORE BAD NEWS: EMPLOYERS CUT 20,000 JOBS
IN APRIL, MARKING THE FOURTH STRAIGHT MONTH OF JOB LOSSES

Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 13:22:44 -0700 (PDT)

DOW CLOSES ABOVE 13,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JAN. 3

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:18:03 -0400

Fed cuts key interest rate 1/4 percentage point, but hints at pause.
Stocks remain higher, dollar weakens.

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:08 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at a slightly stronger pace than
forecast as 2008 began, helped by inventory-building that tempered a
steadily deteriorating housing sector and less
vigorous consumer spending.

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:54:04 -0400

Bush, citing 'anxiety' over gas and food, pushes for new oil refineries
and exploration; blasts subsidies for 'millionaire farmers.'

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:11:03 -0400

U.S. April consumer confidence level lowest in 5 years, outlook gloomy
4/29/2008 10:07:47 AM

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:08:03 -0400

Home prices fall to record lows in the largest U.S. markets with little
hope for improvement soon, Case/Shiller survey.

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:30:05 -0400

China train crash kills 66, injures hundreds

April 28, 2008 05:08 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two passenger trains collided in eastern China on
Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring hundreds as carriages
jumped the tracks and toppled into a ditch, state
media said.

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:34:04 -0400

Stocks open higher as Wall Street cheers big corporate investments by
Kirk Kerkorian and Warren Buffett.