AP – CONSUMERS STILL WORRIED: The Conference Board announced that consumer confidence in the economy slid to a level of 52.5 in December, down from 54.3 in November, as Americans continued to fret about high unemployment. That surprised economists, who had predicted an increase.
Summary Box: Dow up, Nasdaq down in thin trading (AP)
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