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• Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. Real journalism: fair and balanced. That’s why we’re No. 1 — FOX News Channel. Friday, August 5: Team FOX goes …

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Conference Board: Leading Indicators Sluggish

NEW YORK – The Conference Board (search) said Thursday that its Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators (search) rose a sluggish 0.1 percent in July, suggesting that higher oil prices and rising interest rates are tempering the nation’s economic growth prospects. The New York-based Conference Board’s index registered 138.3 in …

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Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Hit $65

NEW YORK – Stocks fell Wednesday as crude oil prices surged again, hitting the $65-a-barrel level and reigniting investors’ worries about corporate profits and economic growth. The Nasdaq was hurt by a disappointing forecast from Cisco. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (search) closed down 21.26 points, or 0.20 percent, at …

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