U.S. Week Ahead: Consumer Sentiment, Gas in Focus

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  Commodities Corner

  

  MYRA P. SAEFONG
  Whither now commodities?
  With Japan suffering from multiple disasters, commodity prices have seen significant declines lately. What's less clear is what happens next.

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  Economy and Politics

  

  Inflation, housing starts
  The week's economic data show building inflation from high oil and food prices and a big slide in housing starts, but a jobs picture that continue to be on the mend.

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  Vital Signs

  

  Kristen Gerencher
  No need for potassium iodide
  Japan's nuclear crisis will bring some fallout to the U.S., but not enough to warrant taking the drug. Here's why usage actually could be dangerous.

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  Real Estate

  

  Get organized
  As more Americans live in smaller homes or are forced to move in with family, they need to be clever with space.
  • Realty Q&A; with Lew Sichelman

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  Video

  

  Libya: Whose mess is it?
  The Arab League, not the U.S., should be responsible for containing Gadhafi, veteran foreign-policy hand Leslie Gelb says in the WSJ's "Big Interview" video.

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  The Week Ahead

  

  Gas and the economy
  How the consumer feels about gas prices and discretionary spending will key the economic news in the coming week, MarketWatch's Greg Robb reports.

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  Disasters

  

  Do earthquakes cluster?
  The megaquake-cluster theory sees San Francisco's calamity (left) as linked with others in 1906 and views Chile's and Japan's recent megaquakes as related.

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