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Stocks close narrowly mixed
Investors sent stocks moderately higher Friday despite conflicting economic data - a
surprisingly strong gross domestic product figure and a drop in a consumer confidence
measure.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Judge dismisses major charge against Stewart
A federal judge on Friday threw out the most serious charge against Martha Stewart,
securities fraud, just before her trial goes to a jury.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4362224/
Answer Desk: Deficits deconstructed
The ballooning federal budget deficit seems to be weighing on Answer Desk readers'
minds this week. Jack in Illinois wants to know why the government can't come up with
an accounting system that makes the federal budget look more like his family budget
�?" plain and simple.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4399875/
U.S. economic growth revised up
America's economy, bolstered by brisk business spending, grew at a healthy 4.1 percent
annual rate in the final quarter of 2003. That was even faster than first thought and
offered new evidence that the nation's economic recovery was firmly rooted going into
the new year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4397946/
Bush budget would worsen deficit - CBO
President Bush's budget would produce deficits totaling $2.75 trillion over the next
decade, the Congressional Budget Office projected Friday in the first authoritative
look at the plan's longer-range implications.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4401126/
Votes against Disney's Eisner mounting
The shareholder protest aimed at Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner is
expected to see more than 30 percent of shares cast at next week's annual meeting
effectively opposing his re-election as chairman of the company's board, a Disney
source said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4397692/
Consumer sentiment falls sharply
U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply in February, as Americans turned cautious about
the U.S. economy that has been hampered by sluggish jobs growth, according to a survey
released on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4399232/
Grasso refuses to return $139.5 million
Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso is refusing to return any of the
$139.5 million paid to him last year by the exchange and may seek over $50 million
more that he believes he is owed, according to Grasso's attorney.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4397718/
Tentative deal in Calif. grocery strike
Grocery clerks and three supermarket chains in Southern California reached a tentative
deal Thursday that could end the longest supermarket strike in U.S. history.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4390295/
FT: Hollywood seeks new face for leading role
On Sunday night, as he has done every year since 1967, Jack Valenti will put on a
black tie and walk up the red carpet at the Oscars. But this may be his last
appearance as Hollywood's chief lobbyist.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4400614/
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