Housing data mixed, consumer confidence slumps
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080516/2008_05_16t084140_450x288_us_usa_economy_housing.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=gG12PJXr1ciJhPKBLV0drw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A worker takes a measurement on a new house under construction in the Green Valley Ranch development in Denver, July 26, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/bs_nm/usa_economy_housing_dc)Reuters - Ground-breaking on single-family
homes in the United States in April dropped to the slowest pace
since 1991 while consumer confidence hit a 28-year trough,
showing the economy still on shaky ground.</p><br clear="all"/>
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