Inflation
NEW YORK - Treasury prices mostly fell Wednesday after a new report showed inflation rose slightly more than expected last month.
WASHINGTON - The budding economic recovery isn't getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends.
NEW YORK - Stocks drifted lower Wednesday after an unexpected drop in home construction and disappointing forecasts from technology companies added to worries about the economic recovery.
NEW YORK - Stocks slid in early trading Wednesday after a report showed housing starts dropped unexpectedly in October.
NEW YORK - Stocks are set to continue their slide when the market opens Friday as the dollar strengthens further, and after a week of mixed economic reports.
