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Blue chips slip in light pre-holiday trade
Blue-chip stocks were slightly lower in quiet trading Friday, despite a solid report
that showed Americans are not only earning more money but spending it as well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Travel industry's prospects look brighter
With more Americans putting aside concerns about terrorism or the economy and giving
in to their wanderlust, the travel industry's prospects look brighter this summer
after three dreary years in a row.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5083593/
Consumer sentiment falls in May
U.S. consumer confidence declined in May for the second month in a row, a survey
released on Friday showed, confounding forecasts for a steady reading and putting a
gloomy face on consumers' outlook.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5085066/
Consumer spending up solidly in April
Consumers - whose behavior plays a crucial role in shaping economic activity -
increased their spending in April by a solid 0.3 percent, a good signal that the
recovery remained firmly rooted as it entered the current quarter.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5084469/
Drivers hit by gauge-gumming gasoline
Just before the heavy-driving Memorial Day weekend, Shell Oil has stopped the sale of
gasoline at more than 500 of its stations in the South because of high levels of
sulfur that can damage vehicle fuel gauges and make an empty tank appear full.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5086367/
OPEC reportedly mulls suspending quotas
OPEC could consider the possibility of temporarily suspending its output quotas at a
meeting in Beirut next week, an OPEC source said on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5083907/
Answer Desk: Time to cash in your home?
With housing prices rising relentlessly, Robert is wondering if maybe it's time to
sell his house and invest the proceeds somewhere else �?" like the stock market. He
may be surprised to see what happens when you do the math. Meanwhile, Carlos in
Caracas wants to know why bond prices go down when interest rates go up.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403854/
Fiat Chairman Umberto Agnelli dies
Fiat Chairman Umberto Agnelli, who helped orchestrate a turnaround at his family's
troubled automaker, died of cancer little more than a year after taking the company's
top position, a Fiat spokesman said Friday. He was 69.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5083872/
Landscaping is new home decor frontier
In the era of the designer kitchen and the spa bath, the garden is the new frontier in
home decorating. CNBC's Bertha Coombs has the dirt on the latest in landscaping trends.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5076477/
Southwest offering buyouts to employees
Southwest Airlines is offering employees cash and other perks if they quit to help the
carrier manage overstaffing in some jobs.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5084521/
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