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Commodities mixed as investors await more earnings

Jul. 16, 2009
Commodities prices finished a quiet day of trading mixed Thursday as investors weighed the economy's prospects for an impending recovery. As earnings season heats up, investors who sent commodities climbing earlier this year are hoping companies will validate...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch