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Stocks end higher as Rita damage seen limited
Stocks finished Mondayâ?Ts seesaw session higher, as oil prices headed back
toward $66 a barrel and hurricane damage to the Gulf Coast regionâ?Ts
refineries appeared to be less than feared.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Bush says oil reserve can be tapped again
President Bush said Monday that the government is prepared to again tap into
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to alleviate any new pain at the pump caused by
Hurricane Ritaâ?Ts assault on the center of the nationâ?Ts energy industry.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9491595/
Average gas price increases
U.S. retail gasoline price increased for the first time in three weeks, the
government said Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8533441/
Existing-home sales unexpectedly surge
Defying expectations, sales of previously owned homes rose in August to the
second-highest level on record with home prices rising at the fastest pace in
26 years.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9491048/
Wal-Mart reportedly wants Tommy Hilfiger
Womenâ?Ts Wear Daily is reporting on its Web site that Wal-Mart is believed to
have initiated the idea of a buyout of Tommy Hilfiger, and will start
conducting due diligence as early as this week.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9493234/
Who's paying for hurricane damage?
With the floodwaters from Hurricanes Rita and Katrina receding and the cleanup
beginning, Chris in Anchorage is wondering: who's going to pay for all this?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3403854/
The real reasons you're working so hard
More than 31 percent of college-educated male workers are regularly logging 50
or more hours a week at work, up from 22 percent in 1980.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9491933/
Economists see oil prices crimping growth
Soaring crude oil costs, driven to new record highs by Hurricane Katrina, will
take a bite out of U.S. economic growth this year and next, even if prices
moderate in coming months as expected, according to a survey of business
economists. -- By MSNBC.com's Martin Wolk
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9490466/
Oil prices rise as markets assess Rita damage
Crude oil prices edged up in trading on Monday as the oil industry assessed the
damage caused by Hurricane Rita.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Questions raised over Hurricane Katrina deals
More than 80 percent of the $1.5 billion in contracts signed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency alone were awarded without bidding or with limited
competition, government records show, provoking concerns among auditors and
government officials about the potential for favoritism or abuse.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9489589/
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