<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081015/bs_nm/us_usa_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081015/2008_10_15t095636_450x310_us_usa_economy.jpg?x=130 &y=89&q=85&sig=_0LWgnl3nBW4sLsdqxxLzQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Shoppers walk along Broadway in New York's Soho shopping district, August 13, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Retail sales last month dropped the most in more than three years while a measure of New York state manufacturing hit its lowest since the index started in 2001, intensifying recession fears.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)