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Supermarkets may be able to pass along higher world food prices, but packaged-food makers and processors are feeling the squeeze

AP - The outlook for the housing market darkened further Tuesday as the nation's largest buyer of home mortgages said it racked up more than $2 billion in quarterly losses and forecast a steeper drop in home prices this year.

After plunging at the market open on the multi-billion dollar losses reported by UBS and Fannie Mae - sending the Japanese yen higher across the majors...

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SACRAMENTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health, today announced the winners of the 'Be a Reel Hero - Create. Direct. Save Lives,' a contest that offered Californians the opportunity to create the state's next anti-tobacco television commercials.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Devon Energy Corp., Transocean Inc., and News Corp.

DURHAM, NC (MARKET WIRE) Nathan T. Garrett will receive the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) Being A Difference Award for his unprecedented dedication and ethical leadership in the business, education, minority and not for profit communities on Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

The Hollywood writers strike hurt TV ratings and ad revenue at The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network, but not enough to stop the company's second-quarter net profit from growing 22 percent. The strike also raised prices in the spot ad market as the lull in...

DALLAS, TX (MARKET WIRE) American Business Lending, Inc. (ABL), an affiliate of FirstCity Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FCFC), announced today that they have been awarded Preferred Lenders Program (PLP) status by the U.S. small business Administration (SBA). The PLP designation is the highest recognition a lender can receive from SBA, according to the Administration. To obtain preferred status, lenders must demonstrate a proficiency in processing and servicing SBA guaranteed loans.

Stocks rose on Tuesday as Fannie Mae's reassuring comments about the credit and housing markets buoyed financial shares, while record crude oil prices lifted shares of energy companies.