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US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.

Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery.
Stock slump continues on Wall Street

A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program.
ECB official: New bank authority 'indispensable'

A top European Central Bank official is calling for quick creation of an agency with powers to restructure and wind down busted banks, in an apparent pushback against Germany's insistence that such fundamental changes should take time.
Marathon Oil says talks end on possible stake sale

Marathon Oil said Thursday that talks on a potential sale of part of its stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project in Canada have ended.
Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct

Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as the luxury retailer benefited from lower cotton prices and cost controls.
Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 340K

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.
J&J forecasts 10 new drug applications by 2017

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to submit more than 10 new treatments to regulators for approval and 25 applications for additional uses of approved drugs by 2017.
US equities sell-off goes on; futures slump

The momentum of a late sell-off on Wall Street carried over into a second day, sending U.S. futures and global stock markets into retreat.
IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.
Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will close its two Australian auto plants, ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales.
Survey shows China manufacturing contracting

A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.
Millennials say debt stalls retirement savings

More than half of millennials - 54 percent-surveyed by a Wells Fargo & Co. retirement unit said their "biggest financial concern currently" was longer-term debt, mainly student and credit card debt.
GM recalling Cadillac SUVs to tighten wheels

General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.
How the Dow Jones industrial average fared

Stock indexes fell on Wall Street on fear the Federal Reserve could pull back from its stimulus programs soon.
Summary Box: Stocks close lower on Fed fears

MIXED MESSAGES: Stocks surged in the early going after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress the central bank was unlikely to pull back from its stimulus programs soon. Then minutes from a Fed meeting were released that suggested other policymakers think a pullback is possible as early as next month, and stocks dropped.