WASHINGTON--A real-estate trade group reports that sales of previously owned homes fell by 2.6 percent in July. (The Herald-Sun)

WASHINGTON--A real-estate trade group reports that sales of previously owned homes fell by 2.6 percent in July. (The Herald-Sun)
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German Stocks Fall, Paced by Commerzbank, Hypo Real Estate, AWD (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks fell, paced by Commerzbank AG, Hypo Real Estate AG and AWD Holding AG. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 15.30, or 0.3 percent, to 4926.39 as of 4:59 p.m. in Frankfurt after dropping as much as 0.9 percent earlier.

German Stocks Fall, Paced by Commerzbank, Hypo Real Estate, AWD (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks fell, paced by Commerzbank AG, Hypo Real Estate AG and AWD Holding AG. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 23.95, or 0.5 percent, to 4917.74. Twenty-one stocks fell, seven rose and two were unchanged.