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Wall Street slides as investors grab profits
The bears returned to Wall Street Wednesday, sending stocks lower as a downbeat
outlook from Cisco weighed on tech shares and investors started having second
thoughts about this week's rate hike.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Oil prices ease after Saudi output pledge
Oil prices eased from earlier highs Wednesday after top world oil exporter Saudi
Arabia confirmed it sharply raised oil output over the past three months in a bid to
prevent high prices from damaging world economic growth.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
High oil prices will persist, agency says
The world oil market is tight and uncertain, the International Energy Agency said
Wednesday, but it questioned whether soaring prices were justified while supply still
exceeds demand.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5670312/
A gender split in the executive suite
Men in management are self-focused, while women are most concerned about their
co-workers and customers, according to a new survey of U.S. executives.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5624773/
Fewer U.S. jobs open up in June
There were fewer U.S. job openings in June than in May, while the number of new
hirings rose, the Labor Department said on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5672334/
Pentagon probes Halliburton's Iraq work
Halliburton Co. did not adequately account for more than $1.8 billion it billed the
government for work in Iraq and Kuwait, a published report on the findings of Pentagon
auditors said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5669867/
Stewart witness still faces perjury charges
A federal judge declined to throw out perjury charges Wednesday against the Secret
Service ink expert who testified for the government at the Martha Stewart trial.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5672115/
Toys "R" Us may sell global toy business
Toys "R" Us Inc. said Wednesday it is exploring the possible sale of its global toy
business as it pursues separating its toy and baby product divisions, sending shares
down more than 4 percent.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5671373/
Diet drugmaker to appeal $1 billion judgment
Drugmaker Wyeth will appeal a $1 billion judgment against it over a drug used in the
so-called fen-phen diet drug combination, a securities filing shows.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5670198/
Blockbuster to take DVD business online
Blockbuster Inc. plans to launch an Internet-based DVD rental service nationwide on
Wednesday, a move aimed squarely at competitors like Netflix Inc., that have cut into
the video giant's store-based business.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5670085/
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