U.S. service sector shrinks for the first time in 5 years

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

NEW YORK -- Lingering hopes that the U.S. economy might avert a recession withered Tuesday after the nation's service sector -- its banks, travel companies, contractors and stores, among others -- shrank for the first time in five years.

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