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Technology earnings lift Wall Street
A surge in technology shares pushed the overall stock market modestly higher Tuesday,
as investors' spirits were lifted by a strong earnings report from palmOne Inc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Judge certifies Wal-Mart class action
A federal judge on Tuesday approved class-action status for a sex-discrimination
lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that has become the largest private civil rights
case in U.S. history.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5269131/
U.S. gas prices fall for 4th-straight week
The average U.S. retail gasoline price has dropped for the fourth consecutive week,
falling to 4.8 cents a gallon to $1.937, the federal government said Monday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5267885/
Goldman, Morgan post higher earnings
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., two of Wall Street's larger investment
banks, on Tuesday posted higher profits as revenue from mergers and acquisitions and
securities underwriting picked up.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5269411/
China accuses U.S. of protectionism
China, increasingly the target of U.S. anti-dumping duties, urged the United States
Tuesday to settle trade disputes through negotiations instead of resorting to trade
protectionism.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5268082/
UN slams U.S. over spending Iraq funds
United Nations-mandated auditors have sharply criticized the US occupation authority
for the way it has spent more than $11 billion in Iraqi oil revenues and say they have
faced "resistance" from coalition officials.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5268885/
Leading ad forecaster raises outlook
A prominent forecaster of advertising trends boosted his estimates for advertising
spending in 2004 on Tuesday, saying that the effects of the economic recovery were
finally spilling over into marketing budgets.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5270405/
Ex-Tyco lawyer takes stand in larceny trial
Mark A. Belnick, Tyco International Ltd.'s former top lawyer, testified Tuesday that
ex-Chief Executive L. Dennis Kozlowski told him when he was hired in 1998 that
Kozlowski was the only person who could set his salary.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5268111/
Martha Stewart says shareholders offer support
Coming off a year "fraught with real sorrow," Martha Stewart says she hopes her
namesake company can function as usual while she prepares for a likely prison sentence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5267982/
Two Wall St. firms near deal in IPO probe
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley tentatively have agreed to pay $40 million
apiece in a proposed settlement over initial public offering practices employed during
the late 1990s stock market boom, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5268566/
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