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Amtrak again faces financial crisis
Amtrak, America's struggling passenger train service, is again having financial
problems and warns it may be forced to shut down in the spring if Congress doesn't
allot more funds.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/862856.asp
Lilly fourth quarter profit rises
Eli Lilly and Co. on Thursday said its fourth-quarter earnings grew, as the drugmaker
benefited from increased sales of treatments for schizophrenia and osteoporosis.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/863182.asp
Nokia sees weak first quarter
The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia rang in better-than-expected
fourth-quarter profits on Thursday but said first-quarter profit and sales would be
sluggish due to challenging markets.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/863186.asp
AT&T posts fourth quarter profit
AT&T Corp. Thursday posted a fourth-quarter profit, compared with a year-ago loss, and
said it expects revenues to decline at a slower rate in 2003.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/863183.asp
Blue-chip stocks skid
Blue-chip stocks closed with sharp losses Wednesday, as investors digested fears of
going to war with Iraq and a warning from Dow components Eastman Kodak. -- By Roland
Jones
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/534548.asp
The real cost of convenience food
A new study by Harvard economists argues that the increasingly convenient availability
of prepared foods is largely responsible for the rise in obesity among Americans. By
Martin Wolk.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/862831.asp
Veteran brands to rule Super Bowl
Beyond famous faces such as Michael Jordan, Willie Nelson and The Osbournes, Super
Bowl watchers will recognize a familiar line-up of marketing giants as high prices and
intense media scrutiny keep most of the rookies off the field.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/856715.asp
U.S. reports surplus in December
The federal government posted its first monthly budget surplus of the new budget year
in December, bringing in $4.37 billion more in revenues than it spent, the Treasury
Department said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/862900.asp
White House standing by Snow
The White House says revelations that John Snow was arrested for drunken driving in
1982 and was involved in a child-support dispute with his ex-wife should not
disqualify him from joining President Bush's Cabinet as Treasury secretary.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/862694.asp
WashPost: U.S. takes rulemaking online
With the introduction Thursday of www.regulation.gov, the Bush administration is
taking the first step to expand a budding interest in electronic rulemaking to the
entire government and populace. A Washington Post report.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/863090.asp
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