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• Retail sales dip as consumers cut back
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that retail sales dipped 0.2 percent last month, right in line with economists’ expectations. It was the second drop in the past three months and was led by a 2.8 percent decline in auto sales, the biggest ...
• Oil price falls
NEW YORK - Oil futures gave up early gains and fell sharply Thursday, a move analysts attributed to the expiration of options and to a sharp drop in natural gas prices. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, advanced past $3.77 a gallon. Options let investors ...
• Squeezed shoppers buying a little at a time
The last time consumers were buying a little at a time to conserve cash was in the 1970s, when food and oil prices surged to record highs, said Burt P. Flickinger III, managing director of Strategic Resource Group, a retail consulting firm.
• Stocks End Higher on Inflation Data
Investors appeared to be encouraged by a lower-than-expected rise in the consumer price index [CPI] in April and strength in retail stocks, which were pulled up by better than expected earnings from Macy's Inc. (M)
• Stocks end day higher despite downbeat data
World business Autos Real estate Retail Careers Money Small business Viewpoints ... NEW YORK - The stock market notched its second straight daily advance, with investors assuaged by a pullback in oil prices ...

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» Midas, Inc. - Parent company for Midas International Corporation and other Midas operating units. Provides retail automotive services through franchised and company-owned locations. (NYSE:MDS)