BBC News 30 July 2010 Last updated at 13:58 ET

US economic growth slows to 2.4%

US economic growth slowed between April AND June and with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4% and the US Commerce Department says.


Workers on a beachBP boss scaling back oil effort

The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Market index Current value Trend Variation % variation
Dow Jones 10397.68 Down -69.48 -0.66%
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S&P 500 1095.74 Down -5.79 -0.53%
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