By JOE BEL BRUNO By Joe Bel Bruno The Associated Press NEW YORK Markets finished little changed Monday as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which starts today ... The dollar was mixed ...

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The Fed's rate decision is clearly the market's focus this week, and trading has been marked by investors' conjectures about policymakers' thoughts on the weak economy and crunched financial industry ... The dollar was mixed against most ...

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But this week, futures of spring wheat -- which produces the flour used in hearth breads, rolls, croissants, bagels and pizza crust -- were close to $18 a bushel on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange ... Consumers pay an additional penny on ...

The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices advanced. (c) 2007 Virginian - ...

By TIM PARADIS By Tim Paradis The Associated Press NEW YORK Wall Street retrenched Monday, closing sharply lower as investors showed their cautious side and cashed in profits from the market's best week in nearly five years ... ...

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"A number of sectors like retail and housing stocks have done better since the Fed acted, and they are leading the market again today," said Steve Goldman, chief market strategist at Weeden & Co ... The dollar was mixed against other major ...

"There's a good chance this week that we'll see some record highs," Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Ill ... Depending on how the adjustment is calculated, $38 a barrel then would be worth $96 to $103 or more ...

"There is a growing sense that the Fed is trying to pull out all the stops and use all the tools they have but with little net effect," he said. "It just doesn't appear to be the quick fix that investors had been hoping ...

But this week, futures of spring wheat -- which produces the flour used in hearth breads, rolls, croissants, bagels and pizza crust -- were close to $18 a bushel on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange ... Consumers pay an additional penny on wheat ...

The Dow Jones industrials soared 420 points, its biggest one- day point gain in more than five years ... early Tuesday comforted a market fearful about investment banks weakening further - and hurting the rest of the economy - because of losing bets on ...