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What we can't wait to drive in 2005
Over the recent holidays, Forbes.com wrote a different kind of letter to Santa.
We didn't want a plasma-screen TV or a handmade fly rod. What really sets our
collective hearts racing is the thought of being able to drive the newest,
coolest cars of 2005.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6781378/
Stocks extend sell-off into a third day
U.S. stock indices finished Wednesday�?Ts seesaw trading session lower, as a
better-than-expected government report on oil inventories sent crude oil prices
lower, adding modest losses to two sessions of declines.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
United locked in standoff with unions
United Airlines is embroiled in disputes with unions and creditors as it nears
a key deadline in its 25-month-old bankruptcy restructuring, running the risk
of labor actions that could endanger its future.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6790483/
Delta Air Lines announces fare cuts
Delta Air Lines Inc. on Wednesday launched a new simpler and cheaper fare
schedule and scrapped its unpopular Saturday-stay requirements in a move it
hopes will lure back customers to an airline struggling to avoid bankruptcy.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6788948/
U.S. job-cut plans edged up in December
U.S. planned job cuts rose in December, making it the second worst month for
layoffs last year, according to a report released Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6789684/
U.S. Chamber of Commerce chief blasts Spitzer
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue Wednesday harshly attacked New
York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, saying he had exceeded his authority and
trampled on individual rights in his efforts to clean up financial malfeasance.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6791002/
Inventories report eases oil prices
Crude oil futures prices fell Wednesday after the U.S. government reported
sizable increases in gasoline and heating oil inventories.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Bristol-Myers mulls sale of major brands
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is in talks to sell its consumer over-the-counter drug
line, which includes pain relievers Excedrin and Bufferin, cold medicine
Comtrex and Keri lotions, according to published reports.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6788947/
Watch for W-2s, 1099s in your mailbox
Among the credit card bills, post-holiday sales flyers and junk mail this month
will be a number of letters that consumers will want to save. These contain the
W-2s, 1099s and 1098s, and other forms Americans need for their annual April
taxpaying ritual.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6790811/
Jury convicts ex-Cendant exec of fraud
A former top executive at Cendant Corp. was convicted Tuesday of fraud and
other charges, but jurors could not reach a decision about the role of another
executive in the case.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6789153/
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