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Yahoo!News: Health News Sarkozy and Merkel push tax plan, closer economic coordination (Reuters) Saks, Wal-Mart show widening U.S.consumer split (Reuters)
  • Fitch affirms U.S.AAA rating, disagrees with S&P (Reuters) 16 Aug 2011 09:25 AM PDTTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 15, 2011.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 16 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) welcomes France's President Nicolas Sarkozy before talks in Berlin, July 20, 2011.REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz Saks, Wal-Mart show widening U.S.consumer split (Reuters) 16 Aug 2011 08:27 AM PDTShopping carts are seen outside a new Walmart Express store in Chicago July 26, 2011.REUTERS/John Gress Fitch affirms U.S.AAA rating, disagrees with S&P (Reuters) 16 Aug 2011 05:11 AM PDTChildren from public schools in the town of Chatfield, Minnesota, help U.S.President Barack Obama get up after he sat down with them for a picture, during his bus trip to the Midwest August 15, 2011.Obama blasted Republicans over taxes on Monday as he launched a bus tour of the U.S.Midwest to tout his job-growth strategy and distance himself from anger toward Washington that could dent his 2012 re-election hopes.Obama is traveling on a bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION IMAGES OF THE DAY PROFILE) 16 Aug 2011 08:16 AM PDTSaks & Company is shown in New York, Monday, Aug.15, 2011.Luxury retailer Saks Inc.reported a much smaller second-quarter loss Tuesday, Aug.16, 2011, helped by increased revenue and selling more items at full price.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Saks Inc.reported a much smaller second-quarter loss on Tuesday as the luxury retailer managed to sell more items at full price and increase its revenue.16 Aug 2011 06:11 AM PDTIn this photo taken Friday July 15, 2011, in Springfield, Ill., a newly constructed home for sale, is displayed.Builders broke ground on fewer homes in July, with increased apartment construction not able to offset weaker single-family home building.(AP Photo/Seth Perlman) 16 Aug 2011 09:21 AM PDTFrance's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel gesture to each other prior to meeting at the Elysee Palace, Tuesday Aug.16, 2011.(AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool) 16 Aug 2011 08:04 AM PDTIn this photo taken Monday, Aug.15, 2011, Tom Malone lashes building materials down to his truck at a Home Depot store in North Little Rock, Ark.Home Depot Inc.'s second-quarter net income rose 14 percent as shoppers picked up lawn and garden products and made storm-related repairs during the summer, company said Monday.It also raised its earnings guidance.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Home Depot Inc.'s second-quarter net income rose 14 percent as shoppers picked up lawn and garden products and made storm-related repairs during the summer, the company said Tuesday.The nation's largest home-improvement retailer also raised its earnings guidance.16 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDTIn this image released by Scotland's government marine surveillance agency on Tuesday Aug 17 2011, a sheen of leaked oil can be seen off the east coast of the country.Royal Dutch Shell has shut down the main leak at one of its North Sea oil rigs but struggled Tuesday to repair a secondary spill in a hard to reach part of the ocean floor.The company estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil had spilled into the North Sea, and the leak was continuing at 5 barrels a day.At its largest point the oil sheen, or oil on the surface of the water, covered an area 19 miles wide by 2.7 miles long (31 kilometers by 4.3 kilometers).Most of it has now been dispersed by strong waves.The Gannet Alpha oil rig, 112 miles (180 kilometers) east of the city of Aberdeen, is operated by Shell and co-owned by Shell and Esso, a subsidiary of the U.S.oil firm Exxon Mobil.The BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year dumped 206 million gallons of oil.(AP Photo/ Marine Scotland) 15 Aug 2011 03:31 PM PDTFILE - In this May 2, 2011 file photo, Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway gestures during an interview, in Omaha, Neb.Buffett, in a New York Times opinion piece, is calling on the so-called mega-rich to pay more in taxes.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) 15 Aug 2011 02:58 PM PDTContributorNetwork - Apparently there may be a silver lining for travelers throughout all the economic turmoil.Amidst the stock market volatility over the past few weeks, the price of oil has fallen off considerably.The result has been lower gas prices.

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