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Signed contracts for home resales rose to a nearly two-year high in January, an industry group said on Monday, further evidence of a budding recovery in the housing market.

Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and clothing.

US retail sales rose in January for the seventh consecutive month, although the increase was the weakest since June 2010.

Retailers are reporting surprisingly solid January revenue gains despite snowstorms that many feared would chill spending.

General Motors Co posted a 22 percent rise in sales for January, outperforming expectations for the market as a whole on gains in demand for its pickup trucks.

The Consumer Confidence Index rose in January to its highest level in eight months with Americans growing a little more confident about the job market and business conditions.

Evidence continues to mount to support expectations that Apple's iPhone 4 will finally launch on Verizon this coming January.

While the Case-Shiller index showed prices were slightly higher than in December, the rebound seems to be fading. The Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index rose 0.3 percent in January from December, seasonally adjusted, its eighth consecutive monthly increase.

China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys, sold a net $5.8 billion of the government's debt in January on top of more than $34 billion in December. It also continued shifting its holdings into longer-term paper.

Report suggests demand for housing is sinking this winter, especially after stormy weather.