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NEW YORK - In a world full of economic indicators, the best one during the holiday season may prove to be a furry toy hamster.

NEW YORK - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Marathon Oil Corp., down $1.37 at $33.33 The company will cut capital expenditures in 2010, with a larger percentage of funds going toward exploration and production.

LONDON - World stocks fell Thursday and Wall Street was expected to open lower amid mounting doubts about the pace of the global economic recovery and ahead of more earnings reports from U.S.