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Kansas reported Friday that it collected slightly less in taxes this month than expected, and officials attributed the $3.7 million shortfall largely to a national softness in consumer spending affecting sales tax revenues.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell for a second straight week, with the key 30-year rate slipping below 4 percent.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels this year.

Greece's radical left-led government emerged bloodied but alive early Thursday from a key vote in parliament, which overwhelmingly approved new creditor-demanded reforms despite a revolt among hardliners in the main coalition partner.

U.S. stocks were mostly lower in early trading Tuesday following weak results from IBM, United Technologies and other big companies.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on three-month and six-month bills reaching their highest levels since March.

Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell in May for a second straight month even though China, the largest foreign owner of Treasury debt, boosted its holdings.

Italy's public debt has risen to a new record of 2.2 trillion euros ($2.4 trillion), up by 23.4 billion euros in May.

The U.S. government ran a budget surplus in June, leaving the budget deficit so far this year running under last year's level.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills unchanged while rates on six-month bills rose to the highest point in two weeks.

The Treasury Department and other government agencies are unable to pinpoint a single reason for a period of extreme volatility that occurred in the market for Treasury securities on Oct. 15 last year.

The Treasury Department releases federal budget data for June at 2 p.m. Eastern on Monday.

U.S. stocks are opening higher on speculation that Greece will be able to forge a deal with creditors this weekend to secure its future in the euro.

U.S. stocks are opening with big gains Thursday, bouncing back from losses a day earlier, as investors speculate that last-ditch talks between Greece and its creditors will produce an agreement.

U.S. stocks are edging lower in early trading as European leaders meet to discuss Greece's strained finances.

Greece's debt crisis has spawned its own awkward argot.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills unchanged while rates on six-month bills dipped to the lowest level in two weeks.

The $6.7 billion state budget may be in place, but Maine lawmakers don't get to clear off their desks just yet.

Rival campaigns in Greece's bailout referendum end Friday, with rallies planned in Athens for "Yes" and "No" supporters — at the same time.

Global stocks were higher on Thursday as expectations for solid U.S. jobs data overshadowed worries about Greek debt.