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The stock market has lurched back near its July lows — but Wall Street’s woes are a bit different now than they were then.

Personal income tumbled unexpectedly in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month, a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.

The debut of Apple’s iPhone 3G cellphones has been a public relations headache for AT&T, after complaints of dropped calls and poor network connections.

Internet radio sites aren't the only ones facing recording industry woes.

Even Karaoke performances are coming under fire. Users of "The Sims On Stage" (a site owned by Electronic Arts) were recently greeted with the following message:

Restaurant companies may have depended too much on easy-to-borrow money to back aggressive expansion plans, industry experts say — a move that may lead to more bankrupt chains and fewer new eateries opening in the months to come.

Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper publisher, on Wednesday reported a 36 percent drop in second-quarter earnings as the newspaper industry's woes caused a sharp decline in revenue.

Shares plunged more than 12 percent.

Stocks tumbled Tuesday as a troubling reading on wholesale inflation underscored the drag of high energy prices on the economy.

Investors, also growing anxious again about banks' credit woes, sent the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 100 points.

Stocks tumbled Thursday as renewed concerns about the credit markets and another dose of disappointing housing numbers intensified the market's worries about the sagging economy.

The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 100 points while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index gave up more than 1 percent.