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Google files with SEC for public offering
Mountain View, California-based Google said it would seek to list on either the Nasdaq
market or the New York Stock Exchange.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864177/
Stocks slide despite GDP growth
A lower-than-expected gross domestic product figure wasn't enough to ease investors'
fears about higher interest rates Thursday, as stocks gave up their early gains and
moved lower.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
U.S. economy grows at 4.2 percent rate
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.2 percent in the opening quarter of 2004,
a solid showing and fresh evidence that the business recovery is solidly on track. But
the performance wasn't the blowout that some analysts wanted.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4862200/
Final Oldsmobile rolls off assembly line
The Oldsmobile, the line of cars that started out in 1897 and featured models such as
the Rocket 88 and the muscular 442, came to an end Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4862841/
USA Today taps Kenneth Paulson as editor
USA Today named Kenneth Paulson to be its new editor Thursday following the abrupt
resignation last week of Karen Jurgensen in the wake of a devastating fraud scandal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864392/
WTC leaseholder suffers defeat in trial
World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein suffered a defeat Thursday in his
court battle to double the money he receives from the trade center's $3.5 billion
insurance policy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864813/
30-year mortgage rates up for 6th straight week
Rates on 30-year mortgages climbed above 6 percent this week for the first time in
2004 as more signs of an improving economy triggered concerns about what impact the
stronger growth will have on inflation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864017/
Skilling lawyers fight call for higher bond
Lawyers for Jeffrey Skilling say the former Enron Corp. CEO should not have to pay $2
million more bond after a drunken scuffle in New York City last month, arguing that
prosecutors have distorted what happened.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4863594/
Star witness on stand in Rigas trial
A former executive "lied again and again" about the finances of Adelphia
Communications Corp., the government's star witness in the case against company
founder John Rigas and his sons testified Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864667/
Exxon Mobil's quarterly net profit lower
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s first-quarter profits fell 23 percent from a year ago, when the
company had a huge gain from the sale of its stake in a German pipeline company.
Revenue rose 6 percent on higher oil prices, and the company's profit beat Wall Street
expectations.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4862125/
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