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Hyundai joins Toyota, Honda atop quality list
Korea's Hyundai now ranks with Japan's Toyota and Honda as the most reliable car
brands sold in America, according to a survey that measured problems in the first 90
days of ownership.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4854302/
Worries about rates, Iraq slam stocks
Stocks fell sharply Wednesday as interest rate concerns again dominated the market,
outweighing good earnings reports from Boeing Co. and Comcast Corp., which also
announced an end to its bid for The Walt Disney Co.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Comcast withdraws bid for Disney
Comcast Corp. on Wednesday dropped its bid for the Walt Disney Co., saying the
entertainment giant's management made it clear they were not interested in a deal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4851912/
Nortel fires top executives, shares drop
Nortel Networks, under investigation for accounting problems, said on Wednesday it had
fired its three top executives as both U.S. and Canadian securities regulators probe
the leading telecom equipment maker.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4852820/
Prosecutors grill Quattrone about e-mails
Prosecutors sought to show Wednesday that Frank Quattrone was intimately involved in
the allocation of stocks his bank took public - a key point in the retrial of their
case that he obstructed a federal probe into the process.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4845915/
Kinsley leaving Slate for L.A. Times job
Pioneering online journalist Michael Kinsley is leaving Microsoft's Slate magazine to
become opinions editor for the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper announced Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4854962/
Nat-gas prices may not drop as expected
U.S. natural gas prices are expected to hover near record highs this year, and not
drop as originally forecast, as sagging domestic production and a recovering economy
keep supplies tight.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4854044/
U.S. beef exports to fall 83% in 2004 - USDA
U.S. beef exports this year will fall 83 percent below 2003 levels as a number of
countries continue to ban shipments due to concerns over mad cow disease, U.S.
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4853626/
Dairy costs may lift Starbucks prices
Rising milk costs may lead Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee shop chain, to
consider its first systemwide price increase in nearly four years, its chief executive
said on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4852546/
Daimler boss reportedly offered resignation
DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Juergen Schrempp and two other company executives
offered their resignations last week, according to a report in the Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Germany's leading daily newspapers.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4854657/
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