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Bargain hunting becomes the rule of the day
With the economy straining, shoppers are shying away from home decor, eating out less, switching to grocery store house brands and getting their fashion fix at off-price chains. But hey're still buying.
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Blockbuster, Icahn in hunt to buy Circuit City
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Illinois home sales drop 27% in first quarter
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Judge grants class action status in Kraft pay case
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Dow drops 130 at open
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Guinness to be made in one Dublin brewery
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Fees for `.org' domain names to increase 10%
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Oil surpasses $126 per barrel
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Citigroup to shed nearly $500B in assets
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Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush
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Chicago landlords benefit from housing woes
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St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island to continue with new owner, name
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March trade deficit drops by bigger-than-expected amount
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Merchandise Mart group to help develop Medical Mart in Cleveland
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Tax gain hands Tribune 1st-quarter net profit
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AIG posts 1Q loss of $7.8B, plans to raise $12.5B
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Phil Rosenthal: Making the most of sale of Newsday
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Pfingsten fund raises record $525 million
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Bush vows veto on farm bill
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Amish cash in on salvage food stores
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Court weighs whether to restrict 'business method' patents
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AMD tightlipped on company's future
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ITW outbids rival for UK firm
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Sun-Times Media sales slide, loss widens
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Breaking the rules
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Lakeshore East puts model on market
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4 rowhouses available at Waterbury Place
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Weak markets keep lid on retirement asset growth
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Facebook joins effort to thwart online predators
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Oil tops $124 a barrel; gasoline climbs
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Eric Benderoff: Sprint, Google's other deal revs phone speed
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Weekly jobless claims decline more than three times the expected number
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MySpace profiles to be portable
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Amcore Financial's quarterly dividend of 18.5 cents a share to be mostly stock
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Rule would make it harder to sell Medicare plans
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Townhouse meets loft living
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McDonald's sales rebound in April
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Oil mark can't deter advance by stocks
From the business wire
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Icahn prepared to buy Circuit City if Blockbuster can't
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ArcelorMittal sues Esmark over aborted steel mill sale
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Asset sales boost Clear Channel profit; Deal still in limbo
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China producer price index up 8.1 pct
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Citigroup targeting 9 percent revenue growth
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German insurer Allianz 1Q net profit falls 65 percent
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Japan Airlines reduces losses in latest quarter
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Chrysler unleashes Dodge Challenger into an uncertain market
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GM buys its Detroit headquarters for $626 million
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Wachovia separates chairman, CEO positions
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Top 3 air carriers boost fuel charge by $20 roundtrip
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Survey says executives see oil prices falling
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GM to pay up to $200M to help end American Axle strike
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Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah
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Best Buy puts $2.1 billion into European cell phone retailer
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ECB, Bank of England leave rates steady
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Warner Music Group 2Q loss widens on increased expenses
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Service Sector Contracts in March
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