Markets news on stocks, currencies and oil; US home foreclosures have dropped for the first time in four years as the economy recovered from a severe recession triggered by a mortgage meltdown, a real estate data company said Thursday; the number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits dropped for a fourth straight week.
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