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Money & Markets modules for Friday, Oct. 26Editors: Resending to restore an eighth Story Stock, Equifax.TODAYThe Commerce Department issues its latest quarterly estimate of U.S. economic growth. Charter Communications and Colgate-Palmolive report quarterly results.SPOTLIGHTUnion Pacific's third-quarter profit jumped 33 percent but the company's CEO says the railroad needs to be more efficient.CENTERPIECEHousing gets hammeredU.S. home sales slid for the sixth straight month in September, a sign

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Money & Markets modules for Friday, Oct. 26

Editors: Resending to restore an eighth Story Stock, Equifax.

TODAY

The Commerce Department issues its latest quarterly estimate of U.S. economic growth. Charter Communications and Colgate-Palmolive report quarterly results.

SPOTLIGHT

Union Pacific's third-quarter profit jumped 33 percent but the company's CEO says the railroad needs to be more efficient.

CENTERPIECE

Housing gets hammered

U.S. home sales slid for the sixth straight month in September, a sign that higher mortgage rates and rapid price increases are cooling off demand.

STORY STOCKS

Microsoft (MSFT)

Tesla (TSLA)

WPP (WPP)

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Twitter (TWTR)

Comcast (CMCSA)

Ford (F)

Equifax (EFX)

FUND FOCUS

Artisan Mid Cap Value Investor (ARTQX)

This fund suffered an "extended period" of poor performance in 2010-2015, but its long-term record is still strong, Morningstar says.

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