Martin Weiner of Comstock Partners correctly anticipated that a sagging market would dent enthusiasm for stock trading, as he picked broker Charles Schwab, which fell 57%.

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Company officials have given no guidance on when the sagging telecommunications market might improve.

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The sagging Chinese market defied gains in other parts of Asia on Tuesday, as investors from Tokyo to Sydney breathed a sigh of relief following an agreement by Greece's international creditors to end a budget impasse there.

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Manufacturing jobs grew by 23, 000 during the month, while construction, still dampened by a sagging real estate market in the U.S., remained flat.

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Given the U.S. housing market is still sagging, this signals little growth for cable companies.

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Meantime, the U.S. housing market is still sagging, as it surely must if prices are to adjust to post-bubble reality.

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Google's market value has been sagging, but this week brought some good new for Google investors.

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Their home turf is the world's second-biggest car market, but sales are sagging there.

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Its capital ratios are sagging, its costs are ballooning, and it is massively exposed to a consumer credit market on the verge of reverting back to normal, meaning credit costs are expected to rise.

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