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Wall Street starts 2005 with a sell-off
Investors started a new year on Wall Street by buying big-name stocks and
selling more speculative holdings Monday, sending stock indices lower by the
close, despite falling crude oil prices and a better-than-expected sales
forecast from Wal-Mart Stores.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Capital One sued over marketing practices
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6781155/
Manufacturing up for 19th straight month
Manufacturing activity expanded for the 19th consecutive month in December, a
research group reported Monday, suggesting that the industrial sector entered
the new year with solid strength behind it.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6780899/
Delta to slash fares, magazine reports
Delta Air Lines Inc., the No. 3 U.S. carrier, starts the year with changes.
Time magazine's Web site reports the Atlanta-based airline is expected to slash
fares and remove restrictive rules like � Saturday-night stays.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6777972/
Mechanics don't expect deal with US Air
Mechanics at US Airways do not expect to reach a voluntary agreement with the
company on new concessions, raising the possibility a bankruptcy judge will
throw out the union's contract later this week, a union executive said Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6782072/
Canada searches for cattle tied to mad cow
One day after confirming the second incident of mad cow disease, the Canadian
government Monday quarantined a farm in Alberta as part of its search for
cattle connected to the case.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6769555/
Crude futures fall sharply to open year
Crude futures fell sharply Monday amid milder U.S. winter weather on the first
trading day of the new year.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
GM, converters try to bring back the van
An automotive fad of the 1970s �?" customized vans �?" might be the next big
thing coming out of Detroit.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6782262/
Halliburton units KBR and DII exit bankruptcy
Halliburton Monday said its subsidiaries Kellogg Brown & Root and DII
Industries have emerged from the bankruptcy proceedings they entered a year ago
to facilitate a $4.2 billion asbestos settlement.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6781095/
Facing up to that holiday spending hangover
Many American families carrying well over $7000 in credit card debt.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6780432/
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