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Stewart to start jail term as soon as possible
Martha Stewart said Wednesday she has decided to surrender for prison as soon as
possible, citing the need "to put this nightmare behind me, both personally and
professionally."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6008983/
Stocks sink after Coca-Cola's forecast
Stocks sagged Wednesday after beverage giant Coca-Cola Co. issued a gloomy forecast,
and a lower-than-expected reading on industrial production for August threw the
nation's broader economic outlook into question.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
OPEC agrees to hike output
OPEC will increase its oil production target by 1 million barrels a day later this
year in a move widely viewed as more symbolic than significant, given that the cartel
has been exceeding the new output limit since the beginning of the year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6000417/
Oil prices jump as stockpiles slide
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after U.S. weekly data showed crude stockpiles falling to
their lowest in six months, while Hurricane Ivan's passage towards the Gulf of Mexico
further heightened supply fears.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Working women do more chores than men
Working women spend more time on housework than working men and, perhaps not
surprisingly, have less leisure time on an average day than men, according to a Labor
Department survey.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6011245/
The coolest TVs
Television used to be so easy. You went to the store and you looked at the sets - all
of them roughly the size of a Buick - and then you bought the one with the best
picture. Oh, how times have changed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6008980/
Industrial production inched up in August
Industrial production slowed in August, rising by just 0.1 percent, suggesting the
economy is still trying to work through a soft spot.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6008962/
Coca-Cola cuts 2004 profit outlook
Soft-drink bottling giant Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. on Wednesday cut its full-year
earnings forecast and put the company's third-quarter profit target well below Wall
Street views, citing continued impact from declining sales volume in both North
America and Europe.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6008022/
Wall Street Journal to publish weekend version
Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Wednesday said it would start publishing a weekend version of its
Wall Street Journal business newspaper, and that the move would be modestly dilutive
to its 2005 earnings.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6011026/
Insurance firms scramble amid storm surge
The insurance industry expects Charley's cost to total $6.8 billion and Frances
another $4 billion. The Federal Emergency Management Agency received more than 350,000
claims for help from Florida residents battered by the two hurricanes. And that's
before Ivan, a huge storm steaming up Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6008696/
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