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WASHINGTON - A Bush administration plan to bolster Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost United States taxpayers $25 billion, congressional analysts has said on Tuesday in a report that causeed debate as Congress moved toward approving a major housing market rescue package.

SAN FRANCISCO - Fears that belt-tightening United States consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc and SanDisk Corp on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.

SAN FRANCISCO - Fears that belt-tightening United States consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc and SanDisk Corp on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.

SAN FRANCISCO - Fears that belt-tightening United States consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc and SanDisk Corp on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.

SAN FRANCISCO - Fears that belt-tightening United States consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc and SanDisk Corp on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.

SAN FRANCISCO - Fears that belt-tightening United States consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc and SanDisk Corp on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.

NEW YORK - SemGroup LP declared bankruptcy on Tuesday after $3.2 billion in oil trading losses torpedoed the formerly 12th-largegest private United States company.

NEW YORK - E*Trade Financial Corp reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss on Tuesday, and warned it could see more losses as the economy deteriorates and more loans sour.