News roundup: New home sales in US collapse in March … Low US jobless aid applications signal few layoffs … ‘Flash Crash’ arrest shakes investors’ confidence

    On the ground floor: Sales of new U.S. homes plummeted in March, as the spring buying season opened with sharp declines in the Northeast and South. The Commerce Department announced this morning that …


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