<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20051129/2005_11_29t051954_300x450_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x= 86&amp;y=130&amp;sig=td8rU3VygQNo4Sqnif3qxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="U.S. stocks fell on Monday as a bigger-than-expected drop in a gauge of home sales had investors worried that a slowdown in housing would shake consumer confidence and a drop in oil prices weighed on energy shares. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. blue-chip stocks declined on
Wednesday as shares of financial companies, including American
Express Co. , fell after a regional business conditions
report came in above expectations, fueling fears about higher
inflation and interest rates.</p><br clear=all>

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