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Investor Caution Sends Markets Lower

Jul. 28, 2009
Stock markets fell as investors brushed off a modest rise in home prices and focused on a report showing that consumer confidence had declined for a second month.
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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