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Today's Business Headlines - Market Close from MSNBC.com
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AMEX: 1262.56 +9.50
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Business
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Jobs growth remains weak
America's unemployment rate remained stuck at 5.6 percent in February as the economy
added a paltry 21,000 positions. The figures dramatized the relative scarcity of new
jobs in a week in which President Bush shoved his re-election campaign into high gear.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4456505/
Charge thrown out against Tyco's Kozlowski, Swartz
Former CEO Dennis Kozlowski, 57, and former chief financial officer Mark Swartz, 43,
remain on trial in Manhattan's state Supreme Court for allegedly stealing $170 million
from Tyco by hiding pay and bonuses and by abusing loan programs.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4457512/
Wall Street digests gloomy jobs data
Stocks were volatile Friday, as investors wrestled with gloomy job growth data and
tried to determine whether the underlying economy was strong enough to merit current
share prices.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Stewart jury returns guilty verdict
The jury in the Martha Stewart trial has returned a guilty verdict on all counts,
CNBC and the Associated Press have reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4429271/
U.S. oil surges above $37 a barrel
Oil prices forged new one-year highs on Friday as concerns political strife in
Venezuela could spin out of control combined with expectations that OPEC will keep its
vow to cut output next month could drive U.S. gasoline prices even higher.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4455953/
Disney critics call for succession plan
Walt Disney Co.'s critics on Thursday urged the company's board to plan for a
successor to Chief Executive Michael Eisner, calling his removal from the chairmanship
a cosmetic change that ignored an unprecedented shareholder protest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4455951/
Forbes: Commonly-missed tax deductions
Every year, countless tax returns are filed by taxpayers who neglect to claim
deductions they are actually entitled to take.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4457268/
WSJ: FCC won't fine NBC in Bono case
U2 frontman used profanity during Golden Globes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4456954/
Ex-NYSE directors subpoenaed
Up to 65 former members of the New York Stock Exchange board of directors have
received subpoenas from regulators asking for documents detailing deliberations over
the pay of former chairman Dick Grasso, according to a person close to the
investigation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4455963/
Forbes: Dick Grasso is dangerous
Dick Grasso is a very dangerous individual because he has nothing to lose. He has
already lost his job and there is no indication he is about to take another. If SEC or
the New York Attorney General does go after him, he could wreak havoc by exposing
dirty laundry all over Wall Street.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4457205/
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