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Wall Street closes higher as Rita fears ease
Wall Street finished Thursdayâ?Ts seesaw session higher, pulling positive
ground late in the session as Hurricane Rita weakened slightly and veered away
from many oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Oil refineries, rigs preparing for Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita gained power and headed toward a collision with the nationâ?Ts
biggest concentration of oil refineries along the Texas coast, raising new
fears Thursday about the nationâ?Ts gasoline supply and prices at the pump.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9437197/
Katrina, Rita set to wallop your pocketbook
Prices at the pump, the cost of natural gas and electricity prices â?"
theyâ?Tre all soaring. And theyâ?Tre likely to head even higher thanks to the
Katrina/Rita one-two punch.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9440560/
30-year rates up slightly over past week
The average U.S. interest rate on 30-year mortgages rose to a level seen in
mid-August, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7148582/
Suffering from a rash? Drive a Toyota
Suffering from a rash? Drive a Toyota. That could well be Toyota Motor
Corp.â?Ts next slogan, if the worldâ?Ts second-largest automaker succeeds in
offering cars with a medicated cloth seat cover designed to help heal rashes.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9439612/
Delta to cut up to 9,000 jobs, pay and benefits
Delta Air Lines Inc., the nationâ?Ts third-largest carrier, said Thursday it
will cut up to 9,000 jobs, reduce employee pay and make changes to its network
to focus more on international flying as it moves swiftly to restructure its
costs in bankruptcy.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9437209/
Sony to cut 10,000 jobs, slash factories
Sony Corp. said Thursday it will cut 10,000 jobs globally, slash the number of
factories and cut costs by $1.8 billion in an ambitious restructuring bid to
revive its stumbling electronics business.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9434537/
Oil prices ease from early-session jump
Crude oil prices eased Thursday after racing past $68 a barrel earlier in the
day, as traders waited to see if Hurricane Rita will bring another round of
devastation to the Gulf Coast.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Katrina-related jobless claims up by 103,000
The number of Americans thrown out of work by Hurricane Katrina shot up by
103,000 last week, bringing the total seeking jobless benefits because of the
storm to 214,000, the government reported Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9437431/
British Airways boss rips bankruptcy laws
British Airways Chief Executive Rod Eddington said on Thursday that U.S.
bankruptcy laws were distorting competition for transatlantic airlines.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9439238/
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