The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Monday, August 4, 2008:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Health insurer Humana Inc. reported a slight drop in second-quarter profit Monday caused by an expected double-digit decline in premiums from its Medicare prescription drug plans. Humana's results for the three months ended June 30 still outperformed Wall Street expect...

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US consumer spending cooled in June and inflationary pressures accelerated strongly as higher food and energy costs stretched Americans' wal...

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