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Profit warnings weigh on Wall Street
Investors, worried about third-quarter earnings, looked past a surprise drop in
wholesale prices Friday, keeping stock indices mixed. Blue-chip stocks dropped amid
profit warnings from Dow component Alcoa Inc., and from Visteon Corp.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Eisner to leave Disney in 2006
Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner will retire in September 2006, when his
contract expires, the company said on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5959570/
Wholesale prices fell in August
Wholesale prices dipped 0.1 percent in August as a retreat in food costs helped to
blunt a rise in the price of some energy products, a fresh sign that inflation isn't
currently a problem for the economy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5961002/
U.S. trade deficit falls to $50.15 billion
The U.S. trade deficit fell to $50.15 billion in July as American exports of cars,
airplanes and computers rose while imports declined for the first time in nearly a
year, reflecting a drop in the country's foreign oil bill. The politically sensitive
deficit with China hit an all-time high.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5961049/
Oil adds to Thursday's sharp gains
World oil prices rose on Friday, building on gains of almost $2 in the previous
session when the U.S. government said crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week
last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Forecasters cut U.S. growth outlook
Top forecasters cut their outlooks for U.S. growth this year and next but said
inflation seems to be leveling off and consumer spending should strengthen in the
months ahead, a survey out Friday showed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5960411/
US Airways makes last-ditch offer to pilots
US Airways made a last-ditch offer to its divided pilots' union Friday for a new labor
contract as the beleaguered airline tries to avoid a second bankruptcy filing that may
be just be days away.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5962274/
Ford issues recall of Econoline vans
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 234,208 Econoline vans because fires could start if the
anti-lock brake unit overheats, the company said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5960907/
Judge won't block Oracle takeover bid
A federal judge on Thursday rejected the government's bid to block Oracle Corp.'s
takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5955082/
Lemons caught in a homeland-security squeeze
Who would accuse innocent fruit of harboring weapons of mass destruction? That is one
of many questions surrounding the incineration last month of about 1 million Argentine
lemons, which the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5960478/
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