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Maria Bartiromo discusses Friday's top business and financial stories, and looks ahead to Monday's events.
(Watch her on-air on CNBC TV's Closing Bell.)
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Topics discussed in video, above:
Washington Mutual [WM
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]: the biggest bank failure in history. JPMorgan Chase [JPM
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Pilgrim's Pride [PPC
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]: The poultry company may need to seel assets to offset soaring feed costs. Will debt overwhelm the firm?
Oil prices. U.S. light, sweet crude [US@CL.1
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] slipped $1.13 to end Nymex trade at $106.89.
KB Home [KBH
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]: The homebuilder's third-quarter loss quadruples, as inventory is stagnant and home prices drop. (But Jim Cramer thinks KB Home has a chance.)
The New York Times reports that Citigroup [C
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Monday's earnings reports:
- Walgreen's [WAG
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- Circuit City [CC
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Monday's personal income & spending report
University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index;
Commerce Dept. report: second-quarter U.S. GDP growth of 2.8 percent annualized rate; down from previous estimate of 3.3 percent.
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