4:20 pm : The stock market stumbled out of the gate this week, tripped up by the absence of spirited sector leadership, losses in the small-cap stocks, disconcerting commentary on inflation from Atlanta Fed President Jack Guynn, and a report from the NAHB that homebuilder confidence slumped to an 11-year low.
Those factors all combined to overshadow the positive forces of better than expected earnings results from Circuit City (CC 28.63, -0.85) and CarMax (KMX 33.89, +2.39), and news that Nokia (NOK 20.21, +0.24) and Siemens are entering into a joint venture that will
6 Meals a Day? Mom may have taught you to eat 3 square meals, but new research suggests that people who eat 6 smaller meals per day are healthier, and have an easier time maintaining their weight and cholesterol levels.
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NATALEE'S UNCLE SAYS 'RE-ARREST DEEPAK!'
Natalee Holloway's uncle is demanding that suspect Deepak Kalpoe be re-arrested in the 10-month-old mystery of the pretty blonde honor student who disappeared in Aruba. Deepak, his brother Satish and Joran van der Sloot were with the Alabama teen, pictured center, when she was last seen leaving a bar on the island in the early hours of May 30. Her uncle Paul Reynolds told The National Enquirer that he believes Deepak, 21, should be the chief suspect instead of van der Sloot, 18. Reynolds also... STAR JONES CHEATS DEATH AS SHE UNDERGOES PLASTIC SURGERY A WILD NIGHT OUT FOR JESSE & HIS PARTY PAL LINDSAY
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KATIE HOLMES: FEARING FOR HER TOMKITTEN
Katie Holmes was already worried about the upcoming birth of her baby. According to the tenets of 43-year-old fiancé Tom Cruise's religion, Scientology, she'll have to be silent (not even a moan!) during the delivery, lest the trauma be imprinted in her baby's brain. Plus, a source says, "Only Tom and a few Scientology supporters will be in the room — not Katie's mother!" And Scientology advocates separating the baby from its mother for at least the first 24 hours after birth. Now... IT'S OVER! KRISTIN CHEATS ON NICK WITH HER EX! ANGELINA PILOTING HER PLANE AT 7 1/2 MONTHS: IS SHE CRAZY?
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National Guard ordered to New Orleans New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley heads into a trailer to a press conference in New Orleans, Monday, June 19, 2006. Police headquarters was heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and they are now working out of trailers. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has requested state troopers and the National Guard to augment the NOPD. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
10:59 am PT PacificNet: Selected as a Component of the NAI China Small Cap Index (PACT) 7.40 +0.02 : ....
10:49 am PT Eastern Shore Natural Gas, subsidiary of Chesapeake, receives F.E.R.C. approval for 2006-2008 pipeline expansion project (CPK) 29.17 -0.11 : �
10:46 am PT Market View: New lows for the averges as energy/commodity extend pullback (TECHX) : The Dow is attempting to stabilize near 10920/10910 mentioned in The Technical Take (Thur high/38% retrace of recovery).