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Published 11/02/2009 by PBS

News Wrap: Stocks Slide on Weak Consumer Spending

In other news, stocks dropped on Friday on news of weak consumer spending, and the White House said it was unhappy with the output of swine flu vaccine.

In other news today: Wall Street lost all of yesterday's gains, and then some, after news that consumer spending fell last month. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped nearly 250...

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Talks over Honduras crisis crumble [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/06/2009]
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