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Signs of dollar strength boost stocks
Assuaged by a stronger U.S. dollar, investors bid stocks higher Wednesday as
they refocused on building their year-end portfolios.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
What are these companies saying about you?
Consumers worried about companies that track their lives in cryptic databases
have an important new tool -- but apparently, most people don't realize it.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6678137/
Making a mint at the U.S. Mint
The U.S. Mint is one of the few federal agencies that pays its own way, to a
significant degree by listening to what its customers want. And with two new
series of redesigned nickels on the way, the cash registers are ringing.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6620800/
Bush asks Snow to remain at Treasury
President Bush has asked Treasury Secretary John Snow to stay in the
administration, and Snow has agreed.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6679991/
Martha Stewart's post-prison job: TV host
Domestic diva to interact with audience in daily, hour-long show
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6679970/
Employment picture improved in October
There were more U.S. job openings in October and also more positions filled,
the Labor Department said on Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6678388/
Regulator warns of risky home-equity investing
Too many house-rich Americans are borrowing money against their homes to play
the stock market, brokerages regulator NASD warned Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6678390/
Oil prices hover near $42 a barrel
Crude oil futures prices rose Wednesday amid concerns about tight heating oil
supplies and fears that OPEC could rein in output when it meets later this week.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Aflac's whimsical �?~unfortunate event�?T
The latest hookup of business and entertainment �?" a company borrowing from
Hollywood to help its bottom line �?" is being called the first
product-placement alliance between an insurance company and a movie studio.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6656556/
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