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Downbeat jobs data pressures stocks
Stocks fell sharply Friday, as a surprisingly lackluster job creation report deepened
Wall Street's pessimism over the health of the economy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
U.S. payrolls grew modestly in September
Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists had
forecast for the last employment report before Election Day, highlighting a modest
pace of hiring that has become an issue in President Bush's bid for re-election.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6205119/
Martha Stewart begins serving jail sentence
Martha Stewart reported to prison early Friday to begin serving a five-month sentence
for lying about a stock sale, the federal Bureau of Prisons said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6205192/
Ellison denies Oracle wants to kill off rival
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison denied Friday that his company's $7.7 billion bid to buy
PeopleSoft Inc. is an attempt to kill off its smaller rival.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6206667/
Oil prices again top $53 a barrel
Oil prices surpassed $53 a barrel Friday on lingering concerns about winter fuel
supplies in the United States, operational snags in the Gulf of Mexico and petroleum
industry strife in Nigeria and Norway.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
GE posts higher quarterly profit
General Electric Co. on Friday said third-quarter earnings rose as profit gains
across many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed hurricane-related
costs.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6204921/
Krispy Kreme target of formal SEC probe
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. on Friday said it was notified that the Securities and
Exchange Commission launched a formal investigation into the company.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6205691/
Honda sees U.S. hybrid sales doubling
Honda Motor Co. expects the introduction of its new gas-electric version of the Accord
to boost its U.S. sales of hybrid vehicles to more than 45,000 next year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6205689/
Congress bans lease of Boeing tankers
House and Senate conferees agreed late on Thursday to ban the leasing of aerial
refueling aircraft as part of a final deal on a $422 billion defense authorization
bill, killing a proposed $23.5 billion Air Force deal with Boeing Co., congressional
sources said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6204923/
Bookings decline at US Airways
US Airways Group Inc. attorneys and executives acknowledged in bankruptcy court
yesterday that bookings had fallen more steeply than they had anticipated in reaction
to their Chapter 11 filing last month as travelers - concerned about the airline's
future - resist locking in reservations.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6204922/
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