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Fears of a rate hike spook Wall Street
News of booming retail sales in March and strong earnings reports from blue-chip firms
like Johnson & Johnson weren't enough to prevent a sell-off on Wall Street Tuesday,
which was sparked by investors' fears of an imminent rise in interest rates.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
U.S. retail sales surged in March
U.S. shoppers turned out in force in March, a Commerce Department report on Tuesday
showed, pushing retail sales to their strongest gain in a year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4730655/
SEC wants funds to disclose trade policies
Federal regulators are moving to force mutual fund companies to clearly disclose to
shareholders their policies and procedures for market timing, a practice at the heart
of many of the cases that authorities have brought against funds in the industrywide
scandal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4730384/
Jury selection begins in new Quattrone trial
Jury selection began Tuesday in the retrial of Frank Quattrone, the highly successful
Silicon Valley investment banker accused of obstructing a federal stock probe in 2000.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4731164/
Ex-Boeing official to plead guilty over tankers
A former Boeing Co. official, under investigation for possible conflicts of interest
in a $23.5 billion Pentagon air tanker deal, plans to plead guilty to conspiracy next
week, court documents showed on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4732603/
Dell employs more overseas than in U.S.
Dell Computer employs more people overseas than in the United States. "We have great
opportunities outside the U.S., and as such we have built our employee base in areas
that best reflect our strong growth areas," a Dell spokesman said
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4732577/
CBS chief promises double-digit ad price hikes
CBS chairman Leslie Moonves on Tuesday predicted double-digit advertising price
increases for his first-place network during next month's market for commercial time.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4732568/
Ford recalls 322,000 Escape SUVs
Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 322,000 of its compact Escape sport utility vehicles
to fix what the automaker described on Tuesday as an intermittent engine stalling
problem.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4731956/
Merrill first-quarter profit nearly doubles
Merrill Lynch & Co. on Tuesday said its quarterly profit almost doubled from a
year-earlier, helped by strength in trading and the business of arranging stock and
bond sales for corporate clients.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4730438/
J&J profit jumps higher than expected
Johnson and Johnson on Tuesday said its first-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of
its prescription drugs and revenue from its new drug-coated stent.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4730512/
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