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EW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks turned slightly lower on Wednesday, as oil turned higher while ongoing concerns over the fate of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offset cheer over Hewlett-Packard’s upbeat quarterly results.
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Corn prices rises for third day.
FDIC to offer better term on thousands of LndyMac mortgages.
Fed’ will not hike rate when [...]

VIENNA (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures kept their gains on Wednesday after data showing consumer prices growing as forecast during March and the worst housing starts figures since March 1991. S&P 500 futures rose 8.7 points, Nasdaq 100 futures rose 26.5 points after the upbeat outlook from chip giant Intel and Dow Jones Industrial Average [...]