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Why the Super Bowl? Advertisers have their reasons
Sunday's � Super Bowl will put the spotlight on a few lesser-known advertisers
who have their own reasons to pony up $2.4 million for 30 seconds of airtime.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6882052/
The dot-com Super Bowl �?" 5 years later
It was just five years ago, although it seems like a different age entirely. It
was a time of singing-sock-puppets, 21-year-old chief executives,
gravity-defiant stock prices, revolutionary technologies and half-baked
business plans.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6877753/
Iraq election, M&A deals boost stocks
Relieved investors pushed stocks higher Monday, bolstered by relatively
peaceful elections in Iraq, good news from OPEC and a bevy of merger and
acquisition deals. But the market�?Ts major stock indices closed the month of
January with a loss.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
SBC agrees to acquire AT&T for $16 billion
SBC Communications Inc. has agreed to buy former parent AT&T Corp. for $16
billion, creating one of the nation�?Ts largest communications companies and
ending the independent run of a firm whose roots stretch back to the
telephone�?Ts invention.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6887107/
MetLife inks deal for Citigroup's Travelers unit
MetLife Inc. said on Monday it would acquire Travelers Life & Annuity from
Citigroup Inc. for $11.5 billion, in a move to become the largest individual
life insurer in North America.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6889120/
Pulitzer sells its newspapers to Lee Enterprises
Pulitzer Inc., which publishes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily
Star and a dozen other daily newspapers, has been bought by Lee Enterprises
Inc. in a $1.46 billion deal that creates the nation's fourth-largest newspaper
publisher.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6889121/
New-home sales jumped in December
Sales of new homes rose to an all-time high in 2004, the fourth straight annual
record. But activity in December barely budged after a big drop the previous
month, suggesting the nation�?Ts red-hot housing market may finally be cooling.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6889743/
United pilots, flight attendants OK new contract
United Airlines�?T flight attendants and pilots on Monday ratified new
contracts that reduce wages and benefits, key steps in the carrier�?Ts bid to
cut costs in an effort to emerge from a 26-month bankruptcy.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6890029/
Bread makers plan a comeback for carbs
The bread industry, hoping to rebound from the low-carb fad, is telling
consumers bread is good for them -- especially whole-grain bread.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6891218/
Marsh & McLennan settles insurance charges
The nation�?Ts largest insurance brokerage on Monday agreed to pay $850 million
in restitution to end an investigation into bid rigging, price fixing and the
use of hidden incentive fees, according to New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6889406/
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