--------------------------------------------------------
Today's Business Headlines - Market Close from MSNBC.com
--------------------------------------------------------
Market Closing Prices
DJIA: 10195.91 -67.06
NASDAQ: 1960.26 -28.72
S&P 500: 1116.63 -8.36
AMEX: 1195.14 -7.68
Wall Street Watch: Complete coverage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032221/
-------------------------------
ADVERTISEMENT
-------------------------------
Get a Faster Internet Connection with MSN Broadband -- Now Available Nationwide!
http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/broadband/default.asp
-------------------------------
Business
-------------------------------
Strong jobs data could trigger Fed move
The nation's employers are expected to turn in a third straight month of strong job
growth Friday, clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to begin raising short-term
interest rates, possibly within a few weeks.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5130445/
OPEC to raise quotas as oil stockpiles jump
As U.S. oil stockpiles rise, OPEC agreed Thursday to raise its production ceiling by 2
million barrels a day next month. But fears of terror attacks on oil facilities are
keeping crude prices high. By John W. Schoen.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5119341/
Stocks slip as investors await jobs data
Stocks closed Thursday in negative territory, as investors shrugged off a widely
expected decision by OPEC to raise its crude oil output. Tech shares were hit
especially hard amid uncertainty over Intel Corp.'s mid-quarter forecast.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
First-quarter productivity grows briskly
The productivity of America's workers in the opening quarter of 2004 grew at a brisk
3.8 percent annual rate, faster than previously thought. Labor costs moved up.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5128737/
April factory orders weaker than expected
U.S. factory orders posted their biggest decline in a year as demand for a wide array
of goods fell in April, the government said on Thursday in a weaker-than-expected
report.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5129470/
Record-high fuel prices drive airlines into the red
Record-breaking fuel costs are driving already struggling U.S. airlines into the red,
their executives told lawmakers Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5123802/
Anheuser-Busch clinches Harbin bid
Anheuser-Busch won the takeover battle for China's fourth-largest beer maker on
Thursday after arch-rival SABMiller withdrew from bidding for Harbin Brewery, sources
familiar with the situation said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5128352/
Seagate to cut work force by 7 percent
Seagate Technology, the top U.S. maker of computer hard-disk drives, said on Wednesday
that it will cut about 7 percent of its work force by the end of the year in a bid to
boost profitability.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5127854/
SEC charges former Symbol officials
Seven former top executives of Symbol Technologies, a leading maker of bar-code
scanners and wireless networks, were charged Thursday with inflating the company's
earnings by more than $200 million.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5129803/
Greenspan nomination hearing set for June 10
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will testify next Thursday before the Senate
Banking Committee as it considers his nomination for a fifth term at the central
bank's helm, the panel said on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5130183/
=========================================
This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received this MSNBC Daily Market Close
newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you.
To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this
message was forwarded to you) simply go to
http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/EmailExtra.asp?nfeature=3
Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052
MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT
http://privacy.msn.com
