Washington DC -June 11- Retail and food services sales in the U.S. during May 2010 decreased 1.2% to $362.5 billion from April.  This was up 6.9% from the May 2009 level.  Excluding autos, retail and food services sales in May 2010 fell 1.1% from the previous month, to $300.7 billion. according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Washington DC -May 21- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

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Washington DC -May 14- U.S. retail and food service sales for April reached $366.4 billion, an increase of 0.4 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month.

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Washington DC -May 3- Sales of domestic light motor vehicles in March rose to an annual unit rate of 8.8 million, up 14 percent from February’s 7.7 million rate.

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Washington DC –April 30- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Domestic Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a scathing letter to General Motors (GM) Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre assailing GM’s “slick marketing campaign” built around statements that “constitute a lie to the American people.”

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Washington DC -April 30- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

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Washington DC -April 28- An art and antiques dealer has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges related to a $2 million sale of a fabricated Picasso pastel.

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Washington DC - April 14 - Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March were $363.2 billion, an increase of 1.6 percent from the previous month and 7.6 percent (±0.5%) above March 2009.

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Washington DC - April 6 - Retail food prices at the supermarket showed a modest increase during the first quarter of 2010, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

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Washington DC - April 5 - Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in March for the third consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®.

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Washington DC - March 3 -Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in February for the second consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

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Washington DC - February 22 - The Obama Administration released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America.

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Washington DC - February 19 - The January Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 2.6 percent before seasonal adjustment.

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Washington DC - February 12 - The U.S. Census Bureau announced that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January were $355.8 billion, an increase of 0.5 percent the previous month and 4.7 percent above January 2009.

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Washington DC - February 9 - Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports will be a full 25 percent higher during the first half of 2010 compared with the same period a year ago, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report just released.

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