To: Smiling Bob who wrote (260783 ) 7/16/2010 4:20:27 AM From: Smiling Bob Respond to of 306849 Spanish house prices fall 3.6% in second quarter MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Spanish house prices fell 3.6% in the second quarter of 2010 on an annual basis, the Housing Ministry said Friday. That compares to a 4.5% fall in the first quarter and a 6.2% fall in the fourth quarter of 2009. * * * * * * * More o BigCharts o Virtual Stock Exchange o WSJ Asia o WSJ Europe o WSJ Portuguese o WSJ Spanish o WSJ Chinese o WSJ Japanese o WSJ Radio o Financial News o WSJ LIFESTYLE BRANDS o WSJstore o WSJwine SEARCH 4:18 AM EDT July 16, 2010 /marketstate/country/us New York Closed /marketstate/country/uk London Open /marketstate/country/jp Tokyo Closed /marketstate/country/us /marketstate/country/uk /marketstate/country/jp View All Latest News 1. /news/latest8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988974:16a Goldman upgraded to buy at B. of A. Merrill Lynch 2. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988964:10a Goldman upped to buy from neutral at Merrill 3. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988954:03a Yen shines as dollar slips on U.S. growth fears 4. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988944:01a Updates, advisories and surprises 5. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988933:52a Elan drops after setting aside $206 mln for fine 6. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988923:48a Fortum slips after reporting profit drop 7. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988913:46a European stocks open higher; BP up 4% in London 8. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988903:45a Sony Ericsson swings to second-quarter profit 9. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988893:36a Spectris shares jump 12% as demand improves 10. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988883:34a Rautaruukki rallies after hiked sales outlook 11. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988873:28a Spanish house prices fall 3.6% in second quarter 12. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988863:08a RBS up 0.5% after Goldman settlement with SEC 13. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988853:07a BREAKING European stocks open higher; BP up 6% in London 14. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988843:05a BP jumps 5.9% in London after halting oil flow 15. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988833:01a Sage down 0.3% after announcing new CEO 16. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988823:01a Burberry up 1.3% after plan to buy Chinese stores 17. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988813:01a German DAX 30 index up 0.2% at 6,158.76 18. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988803:00a U.K. FTSE 100 index up 0.1% at 5,216.53 19. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988793:00a French CAC 40 index up 0.3% at 3,592.80 20. 8c077dc4-5ad2-4f73-b9c3-a381c5fece05:1988782:50a Sony Ericsson swings to profit 21. 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