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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Any government help will probably come too late for thousands of dealers whose sales are evaporating along with consumer confidence and credit.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;A private research group says consumer confidence rose in November, but Americans&#039; views on the economy remain gloomiest in decades.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Consumer confidence rose in November amid receding gas prices, but Americans&#039; views on the economy remain the gloomiest in decades as they grapple with massive layoffs, slumping home prices and dwindling retirement funds.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Consumer confidence rose in November amid receding gas prices, but Americans&#039; views on the economy remain the gloomiest in decades as they grapple with massive layoffs, slumping home prices and dwindling retirement funds.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The euro gained a little ground on the dollar Tuesday as a survey showed German consumer confidence improving slightly despite the wider economic gloom.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;THE Dow Jones industrial average declined yesterday on news that manufacturing orders had decreased last month, and reports that the ongoing financial crisis has prompted a widespread loss of consumer confidence.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Malaysia lowered gasoline and rice prices Tuesday as part of government moves to boost consumer confidence and spending as a global economic downturn unfolds.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;U.S. sales for GM plunged 45% and Ford&#039;s dropped 30%, as low consumer confidence and tight credit combined to scare customers away from showrooms. Toyota, Honda and Nissan also reported sales drops of at least 23%.&lt;img src=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/topic/business_finance/popular/~4/Gxdwt0Xi5hA&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. sales plummeted 30 percent in October as low consumer confidence and tight credit combined to scare customers away from its showrooms.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Ford Motor Co. said Monday its October sales dropped 30.2 percent as low consumer confidence and tight credit continued to keep buyers out of showrooms.&lt;/p&gt;
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