Stocks tumble on financial unease in New York
On a tense trading session in New York Wall Street dropped as investors grappled with renewed worries about the soundness of the financial sector. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae led declines as concerns grew over potential larger credit write-downs and housing slump losses.
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Oil Prices Drift After U.S. Data and Iran Missile Test
Oil settled slightly higher after fluctuating on reports of lower U.S. stockpiles and Iran missile tests. Light sweet crude ended at 136.05 a barrel on the NYMEX, with intraday highs near 138.28, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards reportedly fired missiles amid war games.
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Food price hikes strain U S school lunch programs
Washington reports that rising food and fuel costs are squeezing school kitchens. Higher corn based ethanol demand and a weak dollar push up prices for fruit vegetables milk and meat, threatening free and reduced price meals for over 30 million children.
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Pentagon to oversee tanker bid redo amid GAO critique
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon will oversee a new competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman for the $35 billion Air Force tanker contract. The move follows GAO findings of significant Air Force bid errors and a plan to appoint a source-selection panel.
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