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11:45 am ET Nov 30, 2006

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Chicago-area business activity weakens sharply in November

WASHINGTON
Business activity in the key Chicago area decelerated to its slowest
pace in more than three years in November, raising fears of a broader
slowdown in the U.S. economy, according to the National Association of
Purchasing Management Chicago on Thursday.