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Stocks rally as oil prices close below $50
Stocks rallied Friday in the face of falling consumer confidence, as jittery
investors took solace in a pair of economic reports that eased their inflation
concerns and welcomed oil prices closing below $50 for the first time since
February.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Tale of two economies �?" housing and everything else
It's a tale of two economies: Even as the housing sector continues to soar,
everything else about the economy seems to be just muddling along.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7681478/
Oil prices end week below $50 a barrel
Oil prices closed below $50 a barrel for the first time in more than two months
on Friday, declining by more than $5 a barrel in the past week on rising U.S.
supplies and slower economic growth.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Two wealthiest men help guide Berkshire
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, who became the world's richest men on very
separate paths, will be working together after this weekend to help guide one
of the world's most successful conglomerates.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7670056/
U.S. incomes, consumption up in March
Americans�?T incomes rose by 0.5 percent in March, the best showing in three
months, and they used the extra money to boost consumer spending by 0.6
percent, the government reported Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7677542/
Morgan Stanley to hold emergency meeting
Shares of Morgan Stanley rose sharply late Friday after a television report
said the Wall Street firm's board of directors was holding an emergency meeting
Saturday to determine the fate of embattled Chairman and Chief Executive Phil
Purcell.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7681325/
Gates pushes auto industry on technology
Microsoft Corp. mogul Bill Gates and the leader of Ford Motor Co. outlined a
future Friday in which software enables cars to fix themselves and avoid
accidents.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7680852/
Airline industry focuses on US Airways' fate
Whatever happens to US Airways Group Inc. in the coming months matters �?" for
its employees, shareholders and customers, and the rest of the airline industry
as well.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7679428/
United flight attendants renew strike threat
The union representing flight attendants at bankrupt United Airlines Friday
reiterated a threat to strike if the No. 2 carrier ends their pension plans.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7680580/
American Airlines hikes U.S. fares $5
American Airlines, the world's biggest airline, said Thursday it is raising
one-way domestic air fares by $5 because of rising fuel costs.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7678933/
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