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Upcoming job report could help Bush
Monthly employment figures due Friday are likely to bolster President Bush's standing
on key "pocketbook" issues that are crucial to his bid for re-election over Sen. John
Kerry.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6193405/
Stocks slump amid retail data, oil prices
Disappointing retail sales data and oil prices just below $53 per barrel sent stocks
down sharply Thursday, as investors worried that rising energy costs could further
hamper consumer spending.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Oil prices hit $53 a barrel on supply fears
Oil prices scaled new heights at $53 for U.S. crude Thursday on concerns over tight
winter heating fuel supplies and an unexpected strike at Nigerian oil terminals.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Retailers report modest gains in September
Consumers spent frugally for a fourth straight month during September, giving major
retailers modest gains during the critical back-to-school season.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6197403/
Long-term mortgage rates jump over past week
Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and 15-year mortgages edged higher this week amid signs
the economy is improving, stoking inflation concerns, mortgage finance company Freddie
Mac said on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5899422/
Jobless claims fell sharply last week
The number of new applications filed last week for unemployment benefits fell sharply,
offering a hopeful sign that the recovery in the job market may be gaining some steam.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6197406/
NBC: Life for Stewart at "Camp Cupcake"
The media call it "Camp Cupcake," the locals call it "the college campus," but it's
unlikely Martha Stewart will ever call it home. NBC's Anne Thompson reports on the
Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, W. Va., where the domestic diva will spend the next
five months.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6196954/
Parmalat files suit against Bank of America
Parmalat's government-appointed administrator filed a suit against Bank of America in
federal court in North Carolina on Thursday, seeking damages as part of the
scandal-stung dairy giant's efforts to recoup money from past dealings with the
financial institution.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6199799/
Bank of America to slash 4,500 jobs
Bank of America Corp. said Thursday that it plans to cut about 2.5 percent of its work
force, eliminating about 4,500 jobs as part of a restructuring following its
acquisition of FleetBoston Financial Corp. last spring.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6198338/
U.S. pensions agency issues warning
The head of the U.S. government agency that guarantees pension schemes has warned that
it faces a growing threat from the crisis in the US airline industry, and in wider
U.S. corporate pension funding.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6198587/
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