Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word sales. 58 news.

MERRILL Lynch is in talks with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds that could lead to the sale of another big stake in the US bank, British newspaper The Observer reported, citing sources in London and New York.

Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that didn’t improve the broader picture of a feeble housing market.

Reuters - The pace of existing U.S. home sales edged up in November from a record low, according to a report on Monday that offered some tentative signs of stabilization in the still-ailing housing market.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of existing U.S. home sales edged up in November from a record low, according to a report on Monday that offered some tentative signs of stabilization in the still-ailing housing market.

Sales of previously owned homes inched up in November but that didn't change the overall bleak picture for an ailing housing ...

Even with the last-day retreat, major indexes posted gains for the year. Data on existing home sales provided rare good news for the housing market

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, online sales rose 21 percent in 2007, slower than the 26 percent growth recorded in 2006.

Sales of existing homes edged higher in November, according to a report released Monday, but experts disagreed whether the better-than-expected performance represents only a temporary pause in the troubled sector's continuing decline, or tantalizing early evidence that housing demand may be bottoming out at last.

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Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that didn't improve the broader picture...

Monthly resales of homes in the United States inched up in November, a bright spot in a market where sales were still off 20 per cent from year ago.

Stocks floundered Monday morning, on the last trading day of the year, after a report on sales of existing homes showed little improvement in the beleaguered housing market.

Six months ago, the Bush administration quietly eased some restrictions on the export of sensitive technologies to China. The new approach was intended to help American companies increase sales of high-tech equipment to China despite tight curbs on sharing technology that might have military applications.

While the number of existing home sales went up, home prices are still falling.

Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that didn't improve the broader picture of a feeble housing market racked by record-high foreclosures and harder-to-get credit.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - In a hint of stability, sales of existing homes rose 0.4% in November to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.00 million, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. Sales of existing homes are down 20% in the past year and are down 31% from the peak of 7.21 million two years ago. Inventories of unsold homes on the market declined by 3.6%, representing a 10.3-month supply at the current sales pace. The median sales price fell 3.3% compared with a year ago to $210,200. November sales were in line with the 4.99 million annual pace expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened with losses Monday on the final trading day of 2007, with existing-home sales data for November due for release. The Dow Jones Industiral Average fell 52 points to 13,313.52, led lower by Home Depot and Citigroup . The S&P 500 fell 5.8 points to 1,472.63 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 13 points to 2,661.03.