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Wall Street finishes week on a down note
Disappointing first-quarter profits from consumer-focused companies helped push
stock prices slightly lower Friday as investors, fearing a further economic
slowdown, collected profits from the previous session�?Ts huge rally.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Nasdaq buys Instinet electronic trading arm
The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. is purchasing Instinet Group Inc.�?Ts electronic
trading network for $934.5 million, a move designed to improve Nasdaq�?Ts
position as competition grows among the world�?Ts stock markets.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7601787/
MSNBC.com: Not your father's stagflation
Growth is slowing and inflation is rising, posing a tough challenge to central
bankers as they consider how high to raise interest rates. But conditions are a
far cry from "stagflation."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7602530/
Woman behind Wendy�?Ts chili claim arrested
The woman who claimed she found a finger in a bowl of Wendy�?Ts chili has been
arrested, the latest twist in a case that has become a late-night punch line
and forced the fast-food chain to check its employees for missing digits.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7594873/
Grand jury probing Wal-Mart expenses
A federal grand jury is reviewing allegations of misspending within Wal-Mart
Stores Inc., an investigation the world�?Ts largest retailer spurred when it
handed over internal documents to the Justice Department, a company spokesman
said.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7601079/
American Airlines staff in U.S. to get raise
Every American Airlines employee in the United States �?" from baggage handler
to top executive �?" will get a 1.5 percent raise next month.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7602277/
Hotel-room boom makes discounts scarce
Tried finding a great rate on a hotel room at the last minute lately? � Good
luck. Analysts say thanks to a strengthening economy, business travelers are
hitting the road again in droves. And just as demand seems to be picking up,
the supply of rooms remains tight.� By MSNBC.com's John W. Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7562815/
Answer Desk: Are banks to blame for bankruptcies?
Are banks and credit card companies partly responsible for the rise in personal
bankruptcies in the U.S.? After our column last week about high credit cards
rates -- and this week's enactment of a new, tougher bankruptcy law, readers
have flooded the Answer Desk e-mailbag with opinions on the subject -- on both
sides of the issue. Here's a sampling:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3403854/
The coolest concept cars of 2005
Concept cars are why we go to auto shows.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7564715/
Gap names new store concept
Gap Inc.'s new store concept catering to the over-35-year-old female �?"
announced last September �?" will be called Forth & Towne. It will be launched
this fall with four stores in the Chicago area and one in New York, company
officials said Thursday at its annual investors' meeting.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7602262/
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