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Stocks inch up amid tepid economic data
Stocks closed Thursday�?Ts meandering session slightly higher, as investors
faced a muddled view of the economy and held off on making any large bets on
stocks before the government�?Ts May jobs report, due Friday morning.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
WashPost: Low mortgage rates defy expectations
Mortgage rates were supposed to be rising by now, helping to gradually cool the
nation's red-hot housing market.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8074749/
Nickel sells for 83 million times face value
Not many people can retire on a nickel �?" unless it's a rare 1913 Liberty Head
like the one that sold Thursday for $4.15 million.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8076148/
Judge rules Gillette ads are false
Gillette Co. ads that claim its M3Power razor raises hair up and away from the
skin are "unsubstantiated and inaccurate," a federal judge has ruled.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8074882/
U.S. job cuts surged 42 percent in May
Planned layoffs in the United States jumped 42 percent in May from April, led
by hefty job cuts in the computer industry as a result of slow growth in the
European economy, a report said Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8073094/
Bush picks Rep. Cox to chair SEC
Acting quickly, President Bush named conservative Rep. Christopher Cox to lead
the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Cox would succeed William
Donaldson, who announced the day before he was stepping down after 28 months.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8060972/
Hot summer could bring power outages
With forecasts calling for hotter-then-normal temperatures, the nation�?Ts
power grid will be put to the test again this summer. By MSNBC.com's John W.
Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8063259/
Scrushy jury adjourns without even talking
The jury weighing the fate of former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy adjourned
Thursday without even considering the case after a juror fell ill.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7910967/
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