U.S. stocks and bond prices rose after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received positive news from regulators which may open up another source of financing.
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SHenry Frederick, editor and publisher of NSBNEWS.net holds up a |
July 30, 2008 -- Shammy and Logan Eichler of Edgewater, son, 8 pounds 10 ounces, 3:10 a.m., Halifax Health Medical Center.
July 28, 2008 -- James Hewitt and Angel Sommo of Edgewater, girl, 6 pounds, 8:13 a.m., Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial.
July 26, 2008 -- Wendy and Kenneth Parrish of Mims and natives of Edgewater, girl, 8 pounds13 ounces, 5:42 a.m., Halifax Health Medical Center.
July 26, 2008 -- Jason Avis and Sharon Larson of Edgewater, boy, 9 pounds 13 ounces, 7:41 p.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center.
U.S. stocks closed lower and bond prices fell after an economic report showed retail sales in July fell for the first time in five months. Crude oil prices rose, boosting energy shares, after the U.S. Energy Department reported a bigger-than-forecast decline in gasoline inventories, increasing supply concerns. A lower-than-expected earnings announcement from Deere & Co.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 13-year-old girl from New York became the 16th shark-bite victim of this swimming season when she was bitten on the back of her right leg and shin while in waist-deep water just after noon Tuesday, the Volusia County Beach Patrol Beach. TV's WESH 2 News of Orlando reported physicians who stitched her up in the emergency room at Bert Fish Medical Center removed a partial shark's tooth from her leg.
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Squad cars display the names of fallen New Smyrna Beach police |
U.S. stocks closed lower and bond prices rose after as financial shares weighed on the market. JP Morgan Chase & Co. led declines after it stated it may post additional credit losses, as it expects the global economy "to continue to be weak, for capital markets to remain under stress and for a
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Oak Hill police responded to this torched stolen vehicle. Courtesy photo by Oak Hill police Sgt. Mike Ihnken for NSBNEWS.net |
U.S. stocks closed higher and bond prices fell. Retail shares rose on expectations lower crude oil prices may benefit demand. Offsetting gains in retail shares were shares of energy firms, after crude oil prices weakened
on concerns that a slowing economy may negatively affect demand domestically.
Credit card issuers rose as the fall in oil prices may increase the ability of consumers to make additional purchases.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 48.03 .. at 11782.35.
