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AMEX: 1468.90 -1.78
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Stock indices end session barely changed
Wall Street�?Ts major stock indices closed Monday barely changed, as concerns
over a ballooning federal budget deficit and a desire to cash in profits after
last week�?Ts gains outweighed falling crude oil prices and a three-week high
for the U.S. dollar.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Bush�?Ts budget calls for deep spending cuts
President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget plan Monday that would
reduce subsidies for farmers, cut health care payments for poor people and
veterans and reduce environment and education spending.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6908656/
Star witness takes stand at Ebbers trial
Former WorldCom Inc. finance chief Scott Sullivan took the stand Monday as the
star government witness in the accounting fraud trial of ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6929600/
Advertisers put on a Super sideshow
Super Bowl advertisers mostly kept it clean as they tried to make an impression
in the most-watched�?" and costliest �?" show of the year.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6915683/
Vote for your favorite Super Bowl XXXIX ad
Vote for your favorite Super Bowl XXXIX commercial.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6916226/
Exotic tastes, familiar brands
Ethnic cuisine -- Asian and Mexican foods, especially -- have become sizzling
segments in the corporate restaurant world, attracting Wall Street wallets
along with Main Street mouths. The age of the ethnic chain has arrived.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6895486/
Nextel to receive new broadcast spectrum
Nextel Communications Inc. agreed Monday to a plan by federal regulators aimed
at ending the interference from Nextel cell phones that disrupts public safety
communication systems in hundreds of communities.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6929160/
PNC calls off $779 million deal for Riggs
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.�?Ts $779 million deal for embattled Riggs
Bank has fallen apart and Riggs parent company is suing the regional bank for
damages.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6928525/
Gas seen costly for motorists this summer
Gasoline prices rose more than 7 percent in January, which typically is one of
the slowest driving months of the year. That�?Ts leading experts to predict
pump prices may surge past last year�?Ts record highs when highway travel picks
up late in the spring.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6924393/
Greenspan�?Ts deficit remarks boost dollar
The U.S. dollar gained Monday on the euro, which was trading below $1.29 on
comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggesting the
United States was coming to grips with its huge trade deficit.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6927441/
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