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AT&T Wireless bids raised
The bidding for AT&T Wireless intensified on Monday as both Vodafone and Cingular
increased their bids for the third-largest US mobile operator to more than $38 billion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276272/
Wall Street looks to data for guidance
With fourth-quarter earnings reporting season nearly over, Wall Street will seek
guidance this holiday-shortened week from a handful of economic reports. While most
investors don't expect the stock market's mildly upward bias to be interrupted, any
nasty surprises could send stock prices into negative territory.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4261760/
U.S. gasoline prices keep climbing
Retail gasoline prices continue to climb at the nation's pumps, rising more than 17
cents a gallon since late December, according to a study released Sunday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276295/
Siemens plans huge jobs outsourcing
The German firm Siemens will move most of the 15,000 software programming jobs from
its offices in the United States and Western Europe to India, China and Eastern
Europe, a company official said Monday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4277491/
OPEC president: More crude cuts possible
OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Monday the producers' group might decide at
a March meeting to cut output limits again in May if supply curbs in April were not
enough to keep prices between $22 and $28 a barrel.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276342/
Kuwaiti parliament probing Halliburton
Kuwaiti lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to hold a parliamentary investigation into
charges that a Kuwaiti supplier to a subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton
overcharged for fuel deliveries to Iraq after the U.S.-led war toppled Saddam Hussein.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276296/
Halliburton suspends invoicing in dispute
Halliburton Co. said Monday it would defer billing for an additional $140 million in
meals for U.S. forces in Iraq and Kuwait until a discrepancy is reconciled between the
number of meals ordered and those actually served.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4277484/
Target Disney
How did an American icon like Mickey fall prey to a drab cable operator like Comcast?
It's an intricate tale of bleeding-edge technology, big personalities-and hunger for
power
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4271801/
Yukos stockholders try to free ex-chief
A group of shareholders that control Russia's largest oil company, Yukos, have offered
their stock to the government in exchange for the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky,
Yukos' former chief.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276332/
Honda to make engines for light jets
Honda Motor Co. and General Electric Co. agreed on Monday to jointly develop, produce
and market a new jet engine for small business jets with the aim of becoming a major
player in the growing market.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276316/
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