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Stocks seen driven by economic data
A strong consumer spending and earnings report wasn't enough to fend off the
pre-holiday doldrums on Wall Street Friday, as stocks finished an uninspired session
mixed. However, Wall Street's main stock indices managed to close a week with solid
gains for the first time in over a month.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
The NYSE touts a kinder, gentler image
The past year, fraught with scandal and alleged trading misconduct, has been a
challenging one for the venerable New York Stock Exchange. Now the 212-year-old
institution is aiming to re-burnish its tarnished image.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5085090/
Newsweek: Martha holds out a helping hand
She's reached out to a non-profit group with an offer to teach low-income women how to
be entrepreneurs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5092754/site/newsweek/
Report: Pentagon 'coordinated' Halliburton deal
A Pentagon e-mail said Vice President Dick Cheney's office "coordinated" a
multibillion-dollar Iraq reconstruction contract awarded to his former employer
Halliburton, a magazine reported Sunday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5102284/
Fear factor seen gripping oil markets
Oil prices may be jolted higher on Tuesday when key markets reopen from a long holiday
weekend that saw the second attack in less than a month on Saudi Arabia, the world's
top crude exporter.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5105136/
Saudi attack adds to oil sector worries
For months, fears of a terrorist attack on major petroleum facilities have helped
drive crude oil and gasoline prices steadily upward. Now, just as prices were starting
to retreat from record levels, a deadly assault in one of the industry's most vital
hubs has raised those worries to new heights.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5106070/
Busy hurricane forecast raises energy fears
Forecasters predict a busy hurricane season for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, raising
the risk that violent storms could put a new crimp in the nation's stressed oil and
natural gas production.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5105140/
Saudis pledge steady oil flows after attack
Saudi Arabia reasserted on Monday its vow to keep the country's oil taps open and
deliver steady supplies of crude after a deadly weekend attack on the oil city of
Khobar.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5098489/
Fiat CEO quits after new chairman named
Fiat SpA chief executive Giuseppe Morchio handed in his resignation Sunday, shortly
after the auto conglomerate announced it had named Ferrari chief Luca Cordero di
Montezemolo its new chairman. Morchio also had been considered a candidate for the
chairman's position.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5105126/
U.S. firm to take control of Chinese bank
China's Shenzhen Development Bank Co. has agreed to sell an 18 percent stake to U.S.
private equity firm Newbridge Capital Ltd., a rare deal giving effective control of a
state-owned mainland bank to a foreign company.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5105145/
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