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• Stocks Close Up After Initial Claims, Home Sales
  Sung Moss and Melinda Peer
  11/25/2009 5:12 PM EST
  Stocks trade higher on rising new-home sales and consumer sentiment.

• Currencies: Majors Pound the Dollar
  TheLFB-Forex.com
  11/25/2009 4:53 PM EST
  Wednesday trade sent the dollar index as low as 74.20, the lowest value touched since August 2008.

• Green Mountain Takes Lead in Coffee War
  Jeanine Poggi
  11/25/2009 1:55 PM EST
  Diedrich Coffee says Green Mountain's bid is more attractive than Peet's.

• Euro Running Into Resistance
  Mohammed Isah
  11/25/2009 1:21 PM EST
  The euro-U.S. dollar trade is running into major resistance at 1.5062.

• Initial Claims Dip Below 500,000
  Sung Moss
  11/25/2009 12:28 PM EST
  Initial claims fell 35,000 to 466,000 last week.

• Consumer Spending Rebounds in October
  Jeanine Poggi
  11/25/2009 10:28 AM EST
  Consumer spending inches up in October, after falling in the prior month.

• Shopping Spy: Inside Online Retailers
  Jeanine Poggi
  11/25/2009 10:01 AM EST
  Are online holiday promotions as rewarding as advertised? TheStreet's Shopping Spy takes to the online retailers to put online holiday shopping to the test.

• Black Friday's Play: Invest in Shades of Gray
  Jeanine Poggi
  11/25/2009 9:59 AM EST
  Black Friday is no longer the ultimate gauge for retail stocks in the holiday season. Here's how to play -- and not to play -- the retail holiday.

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