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Today's Business Headlines - Market Close from MSNBC.com
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Stocks end choppy session mixed
Stocks closed Thursday's choppy trading session narrowly mixed, as investors collected
profits amid uncertainty over earnings, but also snapped up select bargain stocks.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Mortgage rates at six-month low
Mortgage rates around the country dropped this week to a six-month low.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3968124/
IBM says fourth-quarter earnings rise
International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer company, said on
Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings rose as a weak dollar boosted revenues, and its
shares jumped on the news.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3966157/
Inflation inches up ... so do retail sales
For all of 2003, consumer prices rose by 1.9 percent - the smallest advance since 2001
- and down from a 2.4 percent rise in 2002.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3966461/
U.S. advertising seen rising 7.8 pct in 2004 -TNS
The fastest growing sectors are expected to be Spanish language television, the
Internet and local television advertising, market research firm TNS Media
Intelligence/CMR said Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3967774/
Options dwindle for ailing US Airways
There was much talk in the wake of Sept. 11 that a major U.S. airline would vanish.
Industry watchers now wonder if US Airways is the one.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3950109/
FT: AT&T again seen in takeover talks
Shares in AT&T Wireless soared on Wednesday as it emerged that the group is once again
in takeover talks that could kick-start the long-awaited consolidation of the US
mobile phone industry.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3967278/
J.P. Morgan to buy Bank One
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc. , the investment and retail banking powerhouse, has
agreed to buy Bank One Corp. for about $58 billion in stock, the banks said Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3959595/
Airbus beats Boeing in jet deliveries
European airplane manufacturer Airbus SA said Thursday it delivered 305 jets in 2003,
beating its own forecast of 300 and making it the market leader over U.S. rival Boeing
for the first time.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3967553/
Bank of America says quarterly profit rises
(New throughout, adds byline)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3966116/
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