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Stocks seesaw as investors weigh data
Stocks meandered Thursday after disappointing data on jobs and factory orders gave
Wall Street a reason to resume selling, but tech shares crept higher as large
investors sought bargains.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Orders for durable goods down in January
Factories saw orders for big-ticket goods drop by 1.8 percent in January, but much of
that reflected huge declines in bookings for commercial and military airplanes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4380982/
Weekly jobless claims rise
The number of Americans filing for initial jobless benefits rose modestly last week,
in line with market expectations, a government report showed on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4381222/
New home sales stumble in January
Sales of new U.S. homes fell unexpectedly in a colder-than-usual January to their
lowest level since May as the vibrant housing market gave fresh signs of slowing, a
government report showed on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4381657/
Japanese authorities raid Microsoft unit
Officials from Japan's fair trade watchdog raided the Japanese unit of software giant
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday on suspicion of anti-monopoly law violations, the
authorities said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4379990/
Mutual fund firms told to be more forthcoming
A top investigator for the New York attorney general's office told mutual fund
representatives Thursday that fund companies that step forward and acknowledge
violations of securities laws will fare better than those that do not.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4381602/
Netflix CEO sees $1B in revenue in 2006
Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of online DVD renter Netflix Inc., said on
Thursday that the company thinks it will reach $1 billion in revenue in 2006,
advancing by one year the expectation for that level of sales.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4385960/
McDonald's renews Olympic sponsorship
McDonald's is renewing its Olympic sponsorship through the 2012 Games.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4380008/
Memory-chip makers face criminal probe
Prosecutors could be close to seeking criminal price-fixing charges against some
computer memory-chip makers in a long-running anti-trust case, according to a story in
the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4380624/
CalPERS to withold Eisner re-election vote
The nation's largest public pension fund said Wednesday it will withhold its votes for
the re-election of Michael Eisner to the board of the Walt Disney Co., dealing another
blow to the embattled chairman and chief executive.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4374646/
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