<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080213/bs_nm/usa_economy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080213/2008_02_13t083349_450x332_us_usa_economy_retail.jp g?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=kG1Xq4XdKpo9AmWb7Fp3KQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Shoppers look at electronics in a store in New York's Time's Square November 23, 2007. Sales at retailers rose 0.3 percent in January, which was an unexpected pickup that partly reflected stronger sales of new cars and gasoline, according to a Commerce Department report on Wednesday. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An unexpected rise in January retail
sales, reported by the government on Wednesday, fired up hopes
the U.S. economy might skirt recession despite the pressure on
consumers from a weakening housing market.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)