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IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
Stocks Fall On Fed, Terror Fears
1The Nasdaq sank 1.3% after new economic data raised fears of more rate hikes. Terror anxieties also hurt. The S&P 500, mid-cap S&P 400 and the Dow all lost 0.9%, while the small-cap S&P 600 shed 1%. Most sectors declined. The 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields edged lower ahead of Friday's jobs report. More on this page, B2
Productivity, Jobless Claims Fall
2Productivity fell at a 0.6% annual rate, the worst in 5 years. Unit labor costs rose 3.5%, the most in a year. Productivity gains remain strong vs. a year before. Meantime, jobless claims fell 11,000 in the Jan. 26 week to 273,000, the 3rd straight sub-300,000 reading. The 4-week average fell to 284,500, the lowest since June '00. The data stoked wage-inflation fears. More on this page, A2
Boehner Elected Majority Leader
3House GOP members elected Rep. John Boehner of Ohio to replace indicted Tom DeLay as their majority leader. The vote, in the midst the party struggles with ethics scandals, was a rebuke to the current leadership -- acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt, R-Mo. finished a close second. But members didn't want to radically upset the status quo on Capitol Hill either. More on this page
Retailers Had Sunny Jan. Sales
- Sadr City militants step up attacks against U.S. soldiers.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 26, 2006 700+ words
...trying to calm Baghdad say the sprawling Sadr City slum has once again become a haven for...American troops believe originated from Sadr City. Yet the Americans have been restrained...militia in Iraq. Instead of venturing into Sadr City in strength, U.S. troops are concentrating...
- Mayor of Sadr City seriously wounded in attack.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) March 15, 2007 700+ words
...gunmen seriously wounded the mayor of the Sadr City neighborhood Thursday in an ambush that...peaceful entry of Americans troops into Sadr City, the base for sectarian-motivated...American-Iraqi security station in Sadr City. Fil described the mayor to a group...
- U.S. forces enter Sadr City to face militia.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 18, 2004 700+ words
...the streets of Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum. A U.S. Army battalion moved...neighborhood where sewage floods many streets, Sadr City is full of the poor and disaffected Shiite...His institutional power is strongest in Sadr City, where there's a mini-civil war...
- U.S. forces enter Sadr City to face militia.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dorning, Mike August 18, 2004 700+ words
...the streets of Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum. A U.S. Army battalion moved...neighborhood where sewage floods many streets, Sadr City is full of the poor and disaffected Shiite...His institutional power is strongest in Sadr City, where there's a mini-civil war...
- Baghdad's Sadr City residents fear intensifying fight.(WEB)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor LaFranchi, Howard May 9, 2008 700+ words
...Residents of this city's embattled Sadr City district are growing increasingly anxious...Thursday's fighting, which officials in Sadr City hospitals said left at least 11 Iraqis...adviser to the Sadr movement's office in Sadr City. He said US forces also entered a normally...
- Baghdad's Sadr City embraces reconstruction ahead of Iraqi elections.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 3, 2004 700+ words
...militiamen and U.S. forces, Baghdad's Sadr City district is now embracing peace and reconstruction...mosques and seminaries. The daily lives of Sadr City's estimated 2.5 million people have...the skeptical Sunni Arab community, Sadr City's population is looking forward to...
- Sadr City is a dangerous world for U.S. troops.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Moran, Robert May 25, 2004 700+ words
...Iraq _ In the sprawling slum known as Sadr City, prominently displayed banners written...seven Iraqis, including the chairman of Sadr City's version of a city council, were...challenging them in Najaf and Kufa. But in Sadr City, al-Sadr's Mahdi Army remains firmly...
- Sadr City is a dangerous world for U.S. troops.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) May 25, 2004 700+ words
...Iraq _ In the sprawling slum known as Sadr City, prominently displayed banners written...seven Iraqis, including the chairman of Sadr City's version of a city council, were...challenging them in Najaf and Kufa. But in Sadr City, al-Sadr's Mahdi Army remains firmly...
- Superficial calm settles on Sadr City.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Madhani, Aamer July 12, 2005 700+ words
...Madhani BAGHDAD, Iraq _ On the streets of Sadr City these days, there is a semblance of...One U.S. soldier has been killed in Sadr City so far this year. If it weren't for...last November. In many ways, life in Sadr City is on the mend. But peace in this slum...
- Sadr City blast reveals new dangers for U.S.(WORLD)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Dagher, Sam June 25, 2008 700+ words
...Moqtada al-Sadr's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City that is sealed off and guarded by American...searched by the Iraqis. This area of Sadr City was walled-off starting in mid-April...determined to make a difference and set Sadr City off on the right path. Special Groups...