Wall Street cuts losses amid bargain-hunting (Reuters) and Research and Markets: Women's Fragrances in the United States 2008 - The FDMx Women's Fragrance Market Reflected a Steady Decline Due to a Range of Challenges Facing the Market (Business Wire)

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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 10/17/2008 - Economy industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. By Ellis MnyanduNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Friday as caution before economic data, including September housing starts, offset reports of reassuring profits from manufacturer Honeywell International Inc (NYSE:HON - News) and Google Inc (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News).
The government's report on housing starts for September, due at 8:30 a.m. EDT, could show a third straight month of decline. [Read the full article]


DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/44294e/womens_fragrances)
has announced the addition of the "Women's Fragrances in the United
States 2008" report to their offering.
The fragrances market in the U.S., which encompasses both men's and
women's fragrances, grew steadily until 2007 and estimated 2008 sales. [Read the full article]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- These days, you just need to glance at the 19-story hotel tower under construction at the Cherokee Casino Resort outside Tulsa to gauge how the tribal gambling business is doing in Oklahoma.
The expansion there, and at several other casinos around Oklahoma, indicates that the multibillion-dollar industry is going strong in the state, despite an economic downturn plaguing the rest of the country."We're very aware of what's going on in the economy in the U.S. [Read the full article]

The turmoil on Wall Street has come to the Pit Stop, a bar in the blue-collar town of Marengo, Iowa.That's where Al Powell spent a recent Sunday afternoon thinking about his future after he and his wife were laid off from their assembly line jobs at the nearby Whirlpool factory.
"There's a lot of pain going through that place right now," said Powell, sipping a $2 Bud while the juke box played "Chicken Train" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. "A ton of people got hurt this year."Powell and his wife, who have two children, join 440 of the factory's 2,000 workers in losing their jobs. [Read the full article]

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