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* Oakwood Homes Corp., the largest retailer of manufactured homes in the U.S., said its fiscal third-quarter earnings will fall short of analysts’ estimates by as much as 50%. The Greensboro, N.C.-based company also said it has hired Merrill Lynch & Co. to explore a possible merger or sale of the company. Oakwood cited unanticipated softness in both retail and wholesale sales for the earnings weakness.

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