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Families are having to spend almost £800 more on their annual grocery bills as the highest rate of food inflation for a generation drives up supermarket prices, research suggested yesterday.

Forex traders will find that event risk will be somewhat limited for favorites like the US dollar and euro, and instead, the commodity dollars may prove to be the currencies to watch.

Brown Shoe Co.'s second-quarter earnings came in lower than expected, and the company expects results for the rest of the year will be pinched by consumer cutbacks.

Summer has come early for Texans, but it's not because of the weather. The price of electricity already was rising toward records because of climbing natural gas prices. Now it's getting an extra boost from unexpected spikes in the wholesale markets whe