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• Wall Street flat as Santa rally falters (Reuters)
• Consumer confidence perks up, house prices sag (Reuters)
• Consumer confidence hits 8-month high in December (Reuters)
• Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump (Reuters)
• MetLife to sell bank unit to GE Capital (Reuters)
• Analysis: Isolated on tax cut, House GOP blinks (AP)
• Profit and sales rise at egg producer Cal-Maine (AP)
• German industry mogul Werner Otto dies at 102 (AP)
• MetLife to sell retail deposits to GE Capital (AP)
• New-home sales up in Nov. but 2011 figures dismal (AP)
• Oil price above $100 on rising consumer confidence (AP)

Wall Street flat as Santa rally falters (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:50 AM PST Reuters - Stocks fluctuated between small gains and losses in a light-volume session on Tuesday, suggesting a 5 percent rally over the past four trading sessions may have largely run its course.

Consumer confidence perks up, house prices sag (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:58 AM PST Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence hit an eight month high in December on improving job prospects, lending the economy further support, even though weak home prices could delay a recovery in the housing market.

Consumer confidence hits 8-month high in December (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 07:04 AM PST Reuters - Consumer confidence rose more than expected in December, hitting an eight-month high, as Americans grew more upbeat about the labor market and their financial situation.

Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:42 AM PST Reuters - Sears Holdings Corp sales kept falling at the peak of the holiday season, and the retailer said it will close up to 120 stores in its Kmart and namesake chains to focus on stronger stores, sending its shares down more than 19 percent.

MetLife to sell bank unit to GE Capital (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:06 AM PST Reuters - General Electric Co jumped into the retail deposits business on Tuesday, buying the online bank from life insurer MetLife Inc in a deal that will let GE's capital arm expand its funding base and lessen reliance on wholesale markets.

Analysis: Isolated on tax cut, House GOP blinks (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 08:57 PM PST AP - With tea party-backed first-termers calling the shots, House Republicans snatched political defeat from the jaws of victory in a year-end showdown over Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits.

Profit and sales rise at egg producer Cal-Maine (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:39 AM PST AP - Cal-Maine Foods Inc. sold more eggs at higher prices in its fiscal second quarter, boosting profit despite rising feed costs.

German industry mogul Werner Otto dies at 102 (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 04:48 AM PST AP - Werner Otto, the founder of the mail-order company that bears his name and a prominent figure in West Germany's post-World War II economic resurgence, has died. He was 102.

MetLife to sell retail deposits to GE Capital (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:07 AM PST AP - MetLife said Tuesday it plans to sell its U.S. retail deposit business to GE Capital as it moves away from being a bank holding company.

New-home sales up in Nov. but 2011 figures dismal (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2011 07:39 AM PST AP - Americans bought slightly more new homes in November, but 2011 will likely end up as the worst year for sales in history.

Oil price above $100 on rising consumer confidence (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:34 AM PST AP - The price of oil climbed above $100 a barrel in light holiday trading on growing consumer confidence and prospects for stronger demand.

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