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Malls, stores brace for holiday madness
Retailers are trying to lure consumers into their stores earlier than ever,
hoping to lock in profits for the crucial holiday sales season.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6531341/
BusinessWeek: The top givers
The year's list of the Top 50 U.S. philanthropists charted new territory in the
sheer size of donations.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6530356/
Thanksgiving travel to surpass pre-9/11 levels
U.S. Thanksgiving holiday travel will surpass pre-9/11 levels for the first
time even as fuel prices zip along at lofty levels, the AAA motor club said.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6530615/
Wall Street ends week with a sharp drop
Wall Street finished a losing week with a steep loss Friday, as investors sent
stock prices tumbling in the face of rising crude oil prices and Federal
Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan�?Ts warning about the nation�?Ts swelling trade
deficit.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Greenspan: Trade gap could hurt U.S. economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sent global financial markets reeling
Friday with an unusually direct reminder that the massive U.S. trade deficit
"cannot continue to increase forever."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6529487/
Answer Desk: The falling dollar and your IRA
The continuing slide in the U.S. dollar has a number of Answer Desk readers
wondering what it all means for their investments. Corinne in Connecticut, for
example, wants to know: what impact will this have on international bond funds?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3403854/
Cable choices won't lower costs, FCC says
Letting cable TV subscribers pay for only the channels they want won't reduce
the cost for most, federal regulators told Congress in a report released
Friday. Consumer groups immediately attacked the study as flawed.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6531539/
Russian oil company unit to be auctioned
A majority stake in the embattled Yukos oil company�?Ts main production will be
sold at an auction in December, the Russian government said on Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6528131/
Oil prices surge over $2 a barrel
Crude oil futures prices shot above $48 a barrel Friday as already strong
concerns about heating oil supplies ahead of winter were stoked by a reported
refinery outage in Venezuela.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
IRS widens target for tax return audits
A new study by the Internal Revenue Service found that tax audits are more
likely for filers with more than $100,000 in� income, including � some
relatively modest, two-income white-collar types. By CNBC's Diana Olick.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6532305/
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