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NEW YORK - Stocks rose Friday and bond prices fell after the government reported that U.S.
WASHINGTON - The economy grew at a much slower pace this spring than previously estimated, mostly due to the largest surge in imports in 26 years and a slowdown in companies' restocking of goods,
The nation's gross domestic product - the broadest measure of the economy's output - grew at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the April-to-June period, the Commerce Department said Friday.
NEW YORK - Borrowers, take note: Interest rates may have found their bottom.
NEW YORK - The dollar zigzagged Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke laid out steps the central bank would consider to bolster a weakening economy, but was valgue on the specifics.
Prices at gasoline stations across the country should keep dropping as travelers hit the road for late-summer trips.
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