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WashPost: Reservists file complaints
Some veterans coming home from military duty say they are getting a cold reception
when they return to work.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/992034.asp
Amazon, eBay enter holiday fray
It looks like a major online battle could be shaping up between the biggest of the
online retail sites as we head into holiday season. Millions of dollars are being
spent to lure consumers -- especially those who've never considered shopping online
before
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/992121.asp
Retailers have happy holiday hopes
Retailers gave a cheerier outlook for the holiday shopping season Tuesday, bolstering
expectations that a strengthening U.S. economy will lift sales in November and
December.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/992072.asp
Stocks fall for a third-straight session
Stocks extended their decline into a third day Tuesday as investors opted to collect
profits following mixed news from PeopleSoft Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/158521.asp
FT: U.S. officials in Iraq deny probe
The U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority governing Iraq denied on Tuesday claims
that contracts to build an Iraqi cellphone network had been put on hold to investigate
allegations of nepotism.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/991989.asp
Oracle may drop PeopleSoft bid
Oracle Corp. said it may give up its hostile $7.3 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc. if
its target continues to offer refunds on software license fees under any takeover, The
Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/991966.asp
Worker pain costs over $60 billion
Headaches, back pain, arthritis and other muscle and joint pain cost the nation's
employers more than $60 billion a year in lost productivity, a study has found.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/991954.asp
Steel tariffs face global retaliation
Emboldened by a World Trade Organization ruling, Japan, South Korea and the European
Union on Tuesday demanded the United States immediately drop its duties on imported
steel or face the possibility of billions of dollars in retaliation.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/991965.asp
FT: Toyota passes Ford in global sales
Toyota leaps over DaimlerChrysler and becomes the second-largest carmaker in the world
during the third quarter of this year.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/992083.asp
FT: Russia's richest man denied bail
Mikhail Khodorkovsky is to remain in jail while under investigation into charges of
fraud and tax evasion after the Russian billionaire's application for bail was denied
on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ1.asp?/news/992076.asp
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