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Demand for loans to purchase U.S. homes sunk to a 13-year low last week, and refinancing demand also slid despite near record-low mortgage rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.

Sellers cut prices on nearly one quarter of U.S. homes listed in June, an increase from May, showing buyers still call the shots in the U.S. housing market, real estate website Trulia.com said on Wednesday.

Deborah Coleman lost her unemployment benefits in April, and now fears for millions of others if the Senate does not extend aid for the jobless.

No matter their income level, a significant number of U.S. workers are likely to struggle to meet basic expenses during retirement, a new study of baby boomers and generation Xers released on Tuesday shows.

Recent evidence the economic recovery may be slowing has prompted analysts to scale back their expectations for the pace of growth into next year, a Reuters poll showed.

U.S. advisers neared a vote on whether a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug carries too much heart risk to stay on the market, hearing final conflicting pleas Wednesday from a patient and a public health advocate.

The Dow and S&P 500 indexes fell on Wednesday after data showed a second straight month of declining U.S. retail sales, though results from technology bellwether Intel Corp helped limit losses on the Nasdaq.

Dow and S&P 500 index futures pointed to a lower open on Wednesday after a report showed a second straight month of declining U.S. retail sales, though better-than-expected results from technology bellwether Intel Corp limited losses in the Nasdaq.

The fate of a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug may become clearer on Wednesday when U.S. advisers vote on whether the widely used pill carries too much heart risk to stay on the market.

Dow and the S&P 500 index futures turned negative on Wednesday after data showed sales at U.S. retailers fell for a second straight month in June.

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig on Wednesday said that the U.S. economy will continue to recover, but it will take time to reach the Fed's targets for minimal unemployment and inflation.

U.S. cable provider Comcast won EU regulatory clearance on Wednesday for a landmark deal to buy a controlling stake in General Electric's NBC Universal.

The fate of a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug may become clearer on Wednesday when U.S. advisers vote on whether the widely used pill carries too much heart risk to stay on the market.

Stock index futures rose on Wednesday on the heels of better-than-expected earnings from technology bellwether Intel Corp , setting the stage for a seventh straight day of gains.

World stocks hit a three-week high on Wednesday while government bonds fell broadly after Intel's forecast-beating quarterly results raised expectations of strong corporate earnings in the second quarter.

Stock index futures were higher on Wednesday, setting the stage for a seventh straight day of gains after tech bellwether Intel Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Stock index futures were higher on Wednesday, setting the stage for a seventh straight day of gains after tech bellwether Intel Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Euro holds near 2-mth highs on easing debt concerns Resistance seen at $1.2767 and then at $1.2780 Aussie holds previous day's gains, U.S. earnings help

U.S. cable provider Comcast won EU regulatory clearance on Wednesday for a landmark deal to buy a controlling stake in General Electric's NBC Universal.

World stocks hit a three-week high on Wednesday while government bonds fell broadly after Intel's forecast-beating quarterly results raised expectations of strong corporate earnings in the second quarter.

China's largest steel and iron conglomerate, Baosteel is planning to build a commercial plant near one of its factories to convert waste gas to ethanol. The plant, which will be built by New Zealand-based clean technology company LanzaTech, has an initial capacity to produce200 million litres of ethanol per year from the plant's waste gas.