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Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch: Casey’s, Phillips-Van Heusen

Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch: Casey’s, Phillips-Van Heusen

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Casey’s General Stores Inc., Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., and Flow International Corp.

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Obama talks up middle class

Obama talks up middle class

President Barack Obama used Saturday’s Labor Day-themed weekly address to stress the focus of his policies toward strengthening the U.S. middle class.

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New mortgage-relief plan set for Tuesday launch

New mortgage-relief plan set for Tuesday launch

The Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its latest efforts to rescue the failing housing market, according to a media report Saturday.

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Christchurch under curfew after quake

Christchurch under curfew after quake

Authorities ordered an overnight curfew Saturday in New Zealand’s second-largest city, Christchurch, to protect residents from falling debris and other dangers caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake.

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Downgraded Earl brushes U.S.

Downgraded Earl brushes U.S.

The tropical storm formerly known as Hurricane Earl passed by most of the northeastern U.S. Friday before making landfall on the eastern edge of Canada on Saturday morning.

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Investors await German data, airline traffic

Investors await German data, airline traffic

As earnings season draws to a close, the focus of European investors will turn next week to the latest economic data from Germany for confirmation of its spectacular recovery as well as to traffic reports from several airlines for a sense of consumer confidence.

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Market Snapshot: Short week to have some economic impact

Market Snapshot: Short week to have some economic impact

Investors will likely focus on consumer credit and jobs in the holiday-shortened week ahead.

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Latin American Markets: Petrobras climbs as share offering launches

Latin American Markets: Petrobras climbs as share offering launches

Shares of Petroleo Brasileiro SA are among the top advancers in the Brazilian equity market Friday after the oil giant launches what’s poised to be the largest offering of stock on record.

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Top Ten: MarketWatch’s Top 10 stories: Aug. 30-Sept. 3

Top Ten: MarketWatch’s Top 10 stories: Aug. 30-Sept. 3

As the week winds down, with stocks having lodged their best pre-Labor Day week in decades, the Dow industrials are back in the black for 2010.

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Robert Powell: Health law’s retiree perk won’t last long

Robert Powell: Health law’s retiree perk won’t last long

If you are among the estimated 1.3 million retirees too young to qualify for Medicare but fortunate enough to have employer-sponsored health care coverage, count your blessings. The next two years could bring a bit of a windfall.

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