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The wall street Journal's quarterly survey of housing-market conditions in 28 major metro areas points to continued downward pressure on prices in much of the country.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Chubb Corp. reported better-than-expected first quarter earnings late Thursday and said it hasn't seen a big increase in claims from the credit crunch.

Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $830 million to $3.484 trillion for the week, the investment company Institute said Thursday.

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The British pound generally consolidated losses above 1.97 over the course of the day after UK retail sales fell for the first time in three months as the deteriorating housing market and restrictive credit conditions have started to weigh on sentiment.

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The Travelers Cos. Inc., one of the nation's largest commercial insurers, said its first-quarter profit declined 11 percent as it fought a competitive insurance market and lower investment income.

What kind of a market is this? Is it 'sell in May and go away?' Or has so much selling been done that you'll want to stay?

Wall street posted strong gains today as advances in the troubled banking sector suggested the market was betting the us economy would soon emerge from its malaise.

Wall street stocks rallied for a second day as financials led markets higher and investors picked out the positive in a mixed batch of earnings reports