Financial roundup: Construction spending falls less than expected … Mideast, Russia issues send oil above $47

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    Nonresidential activity increases: The Commerce Department reported today that construction spending dropped by 0.6% in November, less than half of the 1.3% decline economists expected. A 4.2% fall in…


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