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Dow slumps to new 2004 low as oil tops $55
Worried investors sent stocks down sharply Friday, as crude oil futures topped $55 per
barrel and tepid earnings from Microsoft Corp. and the Coca-Cola Co. offset a strong
third-quarter profit report from Google Inc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Oil prices soar to record high
Oil futures prices surged to new heights above $55-a-barrel on Friday as concerns
about the global supply of heating oil persist ahead of winter in the Northern
Hemisphere.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Answer Desk: Is politics moving gas prices?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403854/
Bush quietly signs corporate tax-cut bill
President Bush Friday quietly signed into law a bill containing about $136 billion in
tax cuts denounced by critics on both sides of the aisle as a giveaway to corporate
interests.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6307293/
Hooters opens first outlet in China
The beer is flowing, John Fogerty is singing on the stereo and six scantily clad young
Chinese women are doing the hokey-pokey.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6306675/
Memo: American to furlough up to 1,100
American Airlines will furlough up to 450 pilots and as many as 650 maintenance
workers in Kansas City and St. Louis, the company said in a memo given to employees
Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6310206/
Citigroup exec may face SEC action
Citigroup Inc. Friday said U.S. securities regulators may recommend enforcement
proceedings against the former head of Citigroup Global Investment Management.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6304797/
Army to let Halliburton keep Iraq payment
The U.S. Army is laying the groundwork to let Halliburton Co. keep several billion
dollars paid for work in Iraq that Pentagon auditors say is questionable or
unsupported by proper documentation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6304798/
Japan to resume some U.S. beef imports
U.S. and Japanese negotiators agreed on Saturday to ease a 10-month-old ban on
American beef exports to Japan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6311459/
Dow slumps to new 2004 low as oil tops $55
Worried investors sent stocks down sharply Friday, as crude oil futures topped $55 per
barrel and tepid earnings from Microsoft Corp. and the Coca-Cola Co. offset a strong
third-quarter profit report from Google Inc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
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