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Stocks move lower despite GDP report
Investors took profits and sent stocks lower Friday, despite respectable growth
in the nationâ?Ts gross domestic product and a bullish consumer confidence
report.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
UFCW breaks with AFL-CIO
The 1.4-million-member United Food and Commercial Workers broke away from the
AFL-CIO on Friday, the third major union to leave the labor organization this
week because of differences over how to address declining membership.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8758072/
U.S. economy grew solidly in second quarter
The economy clocked in at a robust 3.4 percent annual growth rate in the second
quarter, fresh evidence the countryâ?Ts business climate is sunny despite
surging energy costs.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8752439/
CNOOC may raise or drop bid for Unocal
CNOOC Ltd. is weighing whether to raise its bid for U.S. oil company Unocal
Corp. to as much as $20 billion or drop it entirely due to political obstacles
in Washington, newspapers reported Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8752954/
The 100 most powerful women
Forbes' second ranking of the World's Most Powerful Women illustrates how
fleeting power is.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8745782/
Chinese airlines to buy 50 Boeing jetliners
China plans to sign a deal next month to buy 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jetliners
in a deal worth $6 billion, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8755849/
Wendyâ?Ts to sell part of doughnut chain
Wendyâ?Ts International Inc. said on Friday that it plans to sell a portion of
its Tim Hortons business, weeks after a major shareholder sent a letter urging
a spin-off of the profitable doughnut and coffee chain. Its shares surged on
the news.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8753603/
Murdochâ?Ts son resigns as News Corp. executive
Lachlan Murdoch abruptly resigned as a senior executive of News Corp. Friday,
ending his father Rupertâ?Ts hopes that he would some day run the global media
conglomerate.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8752487/
After Oil: Alternative energy slow to take hold
Thirty years after the â?ooil shocksâ? of the 1970s, the global economy is
still dependant on petroleum. And despite billions of dollars in research
grants and government subsidies, no alternative energy source has yet been
developed to replace it. -- By MSNBC.com's John W. Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7549530/
Phatter wheels are bringing in the bucks
The market that caters to a growing fad for installing plus-sized, often
elaborately decorated wheels on cars, trucks and SUVs has swelled into a
multi-billion dollar industry in recent years. By Roland Jones.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8701325/
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