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NASDAQ: 1959.369995 +1.41
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Blue chips edge lower
Blue-chip stocks slipped Wednesday as investors showed little enthusiasm for buying
ahead of key economic reports later this week.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/158521.asp
NYSE names new board members
NYSE Interim Chairman John Reed on Wednesday named eight candidates for a new
independent board to replace the exchange's current board, which has been widely
criticized for governance issues.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989535.asp
Spitzer in talks over funds settlement
A source close to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office says he would like
to reach settlements with all the firms who've engaged or enabled illegal mutual fund
trades by the end of the year, CNBC reported Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989695.asp
Factory orders rebound in September
Orders to U.S. factories rebounded in September, rising by 0.5 percent in another
signal pointing to an economic rebound.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989580.asp
U.S. services sector expands further
The U.S. services sector increased its pace of expansion in October, a report
Wednesday showed, surprising economists who expected a slowdown.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989581.asp
Bounties offered for virus writers
Microsoft said Wednesday it is creating a $5 million reward program to help law
enforcement ID and convict those who illegally release worms, viruses and other types
of malicious programs on the Internet.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989410.asp
Silicon Valley's real estate rival
India is becoming a stronger competitor to Silicon Valley commercial real estates as
more technology firms are looking to expand overseas.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/988503.asp
World oil markets eye Yukos affair
The clash between the Kremlin and Russia's largest oil company is once again coming to
a head. Russia's government has renewed its crackdown on Yukos oil by threatening to
remove operating rights to key oilfields. -- By CNBC's Rob Reynolds
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989669.asp
WP: In Russia, 2 visions, 1 battle of wills
In the week since Mikhail Khodorkovsky's arrest on charges that he bilked $1 billion
from the Russian state, President Vladimir Putin has faced the most serious political
and economic crisis of his four years in office.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989518.asp
Bush in Iraq: The B-school critique
The MBA president receives sub-par marks from many professors, who cite the mishandled
aftermath of Iraq as a huge management failure. By Mica Schneider, BusinessWeek Online.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/989687.asp
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