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Stocks end a quiet session slightly higher
Wall Street finished a quiet Monday with a small advance, despite lower oil
prices and several mergers and acquisitions, including Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.�?Ts
$1.5 billion bid for several candy brands from Kraft Foods Inc.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
E-tailers no longer holiday upstarts
With the holiday shopping season quickly approaching, analysts are predicting
another year of healthy returns for online retailers, as U.S. consumers
continue to shun overcrowded malls and traffic jams to do their holiday
gift-buying over the Internet.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6491865/
WashPost: Audit compliance deadline proves costly
Some of the nation's biggest companies face a deadline today for completing
reviews of their internal financial controls, a labor-intensive, costly effort
that has created intense friction between corporate managers and auditors.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6492320/
GE close to deal to buy SPX unit
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6491611/
SEC charges Conrad Black with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission files fraud charges against
Canadian-born newspaper baron Conrad Black and his former deputy at Hollinger
International Inc.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6493336/
Job prospects look bright for college seniors
The recovering economy and looming retirement of the baby boomers are making
this a very good year to be a college senior looking for a job after
graduation.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6495448/
American Express sues Visa, MasterCard
American Express Co., the travel and financial services giant, said Monday it
was suing Visa and MasterCard along with eight banks for damages stemming from
anticompetitive practices that prevented American Express from issuing cards
through U.S. banks.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6494456/
Ex-Boeing finance chief pleads guilty
Boeing Co.'s former chief financial officer pleaded guilty Monday to illegally
hiring a top Air Force procurement officer who has admitted she gave the
company preferential treatment on a $23 billion tanker contract.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6493531/
Wrigley to buy Life Savers, Altoids
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is buying the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint
businesses from Kraft Foods Inc. for $1.48 billion in cash, the companies said
on Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6491305/
Dow Jones to buy MarketWatch
Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch
Inc. for about $519 million (euro402 million) in a deal that would end a
monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6491401/
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