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Wall Street boosted by strong earnings
Confident investors, buoyed by positive earnings reports from the financial
sector and bullish corporate outlooks for 2005, returned to the stock market
Tuesday after weeks of uncertainty, pushing stock indices sharply higher.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Airbus unveils world�?Ts biggest passenger jet
Airbus put its stamp on aviation history Tuesday, unveiling the world's largest
commercial jet and raising the stakes in its 35-year rivalry with Boeing Co.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6833386/
Interest rates still have room to rise
Possible differences on Federal Reserve monetary policy emerged on Tuesday when
two regional Fed presidents downplayed the risk of inflation while a third
urged greater vigilance against rising prices.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6838710/
Oil prices pull back from session highs
Oil futures prices turned lower in afternoon trading Tuesday after surging
above $49 a barrel earlier in the day� amid low temperatures in the United
States and fears of supply cuts.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
CEO of struggling Krispy Kreme ousted
Chief executive officer Scott Livengood was ousted Tuesday as head of troubled
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., which has been under regulators' scrutiny for its
franchise buybacks and earnings outlooks and is facing shareholder lawsuits.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6838585/
Ebbers' trial judge makes key rulings
The judge in the trial of ex-WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard Ebbers ruled Tuesday
that the defense could quiz the star witness about marital infidelity and
blocked testimony about Ebbers' knowledge of hearings into the Enron scandal.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6839371/
Malone offers to buy rest of UnitedGlobalCom
John Malone plans to further streamline his holdings by offering to buy the
other half of UnitedGlobalCom Inc. that he doesn't already own.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6838978/
Blockbuster weighs new Hollywood bid
Blockbuster Inc. said Tuesday it is still interested in buying Hollywood
Entertainment Corp., despite its smaller rival's agreement last week to be
purchased by another competitor, Movie Gallery Inc., for about $850 million.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6839791/
Comair names new president after Christmas fiasco
Comair Inc. has a new president only weeks after the failure of an overloaded
computer system stranded hundreds of the Delta subsidiary's customers on
Christmas.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6835907/
Is there a tsunami in your coffee cup?
A survey of coffee retailers, trade specialists and government officials
reveals both tight-lipped optimism and concerns about the potential for higher
coffee prices and decreased availability in the wake of the Southeast Asian
disaster.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6810581/
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