Retailers report mixed sales results in July (AP)

Leading economic indicators inch up, but weakness remains (AP)
AP - A private business group says its index of leading economic indicators inched higher for the second month in another sign that higher fuel and food prices, tighter credit and a depressed...

G-8 concerned about rising oil prices (AP)

Fed: High energy, food prices keep economy weak (AP)
AP - The economy remained "generally weak" heading into summer as rising costs for energy and food pounded consumers and forced some companies to push their own prices higher.

UN summit: corn on table or in tank? (AP)
AP - Corn on your table or in your tank? The merits of increasing biofuel production in the middle of a crisis over skyrocketing food prices was being hotly debated at a United Nations...

Inflation pressures ease despite food price jump (AP)
AP - Inflation pressures eased a bit in April despite the biggest jump in food prices in 18 years.