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Stocks slide after Microsoft profit disappoints
Disappointing earnings from Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. weighed heavily on
stocks Friday as nervous investors hedged against a possible slowdown in profit growth
through the rest of the year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Martha Stewart accuser gets $2,000 fine
A former brokerage assistant who helped Martha Stewart make her fateful stock trade
and later emerged as a key government witness was spared both prison and probation
Friday for accepting a payoff during the government's investigation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5497043/
Ford adding anti-rollover system in SUVs
Ford Motor Co. says it will add anti-rollover technology to its Ford Explorer and
three other sport utility vehicle for the 2005 model year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5496009/
Answer Desk: The Fed mystique
This week, Answer Desk readers are pondering questions that face anyone who's ever
bought or sold a house. Tim in Michigan is trying to decide which is better: a fixed-
and variable-rate mortgage? Denise in Wichita, who's having trouble selling a house,
is toying with the idea of spending money to fix it up to get her asking price.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403854/
United stops pension payments in bankruptcy
United Airlines said Friday it plans no further payments to its employee pension funds
in bankruptcy in order to improve its chances of attracting exit financing in a move
that upset union leaders.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5497891/
Armstrong a tour de force on Madison Avenue
If Lance Armstrong captures a record sixth-straight Tour de France victory , he'll add
to his reputation as one of sports most sought-after endorsers. By CNBC's Scott Wapner.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5498116/
World economy seen growing 4.6% this year
The world economy is on track for its best performance since 2000 this year, thanks to
an improved employment market in the United States and Japan's much better than
expected performance, a Reuters poll showed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5495997/
Langone seeks dismissal of Grasso suit
Former New York Stock Exchange board member Kenneth G. Langone asked a federal judge
Thursday to toss out the state attorney general's lawsuit against him in the Richard
A. Grasso pay controversy, saying there was no legal basis for him to be included.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5496015/
Airbus studies jet to compete with Boeing 7E7
European aircraft maker Airbus has been working with engine makers to come up with a
plane that would compete with rival Boeing Co.'s planned 7E7 widebody jet, the Wall
Street Journal Europe said on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5495995/
Halliburton posts quarterly loss on charges
Halliburton Co., embroiled in controversy over its work for the U.S. government in
Iraq, on Friday posted a quarterly loss due to charges from a troubled deep-water oil
project and asbestos litigation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5497173/
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