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Blue chips higher amid M&A news
Stocks were on the rise Monday as investors, heartened by a fresh wave of corporate
deal-making, sought bargains in an otherwise directionless stock market.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Stewart's company weighs its options
As her company's board prepares to meet to decide her fate and her television shows
taken off the air, superstar homemaker Martha Stewart made another trip to court
Monday to meet with a probation officer, the first step toward her sentencing for
lying about a stock sale.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4429271/
Newsweek: How Martha fell
She was always the master of managing her image. But in the courtroom, she was at the
mercy of her lawyers and the jury. How Team Martha blew it, and what's ahead.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4468819/
For the Stewart brand, an uncertain future
Martha Stewart could be heading to jail, but for "Martha Stewart" the brand name, the
verdict is still out.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4477633/
LG Card reports $4.8 billion loss in 2003
LG Card, affiliated with South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, LG Group, saw its
bad loans rise sharply last year as consumer defaults increased amid a sluggish
economy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4480077/
BellSouth to sell Latin American units
BellSouth Corp. agreed to sell its stake in 10 Latin American operations to a wireless
unit of Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica SA for about $4.2 billion in cash
and an additional $1.5 billion in debt.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4477625/
Ex-Shell CEO warned about reserves
The former head of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group was warned two years ago that the
company's reserves were overestimated, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4478078/
GM CFO warns on regulatory clampdown
American regulators have over-reacted to the accounting scandals of the past three
years and are threatening the competitiveness of U.S. companies, according to John
Devine, chief financial officer of General Motors.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4479086/
In California, Wal-Mart goes on the ballot
Wal-Mart has a big target on its back, and it's not from the competition.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4473792/
Next spot for ads: inside the school bus
A Pennsylvania company wants to fill the insides of school buses with colorful
advertisements promoting colleges, touting toothpaste and warning against using drugs.
School districts would capture a big chunk of revenue from the ad sales.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4473647/
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