Consumer spending slowed in December (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080131/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080130/capt.3d8accd8d19d42c089c5fa4c40588e2d.economy_nccb 106.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=SjJ319zqfVyuk0T7XGBOrw --" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Customers enter a Sofa Express store in Matthews, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. The economy nearly Stalled in the fourth quarter with a growth rate of just 0.6 percent capping its worst year since 2002. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months while applications for unemployment benefits soared last week, two more signs the economy is weakening.</p><br clear="all"/>

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