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Stocks boosted by personal spending revival
Wall Street extended last weekâ?Ts rally Monday, finishing with a solid gain as
a turnaround in personal spending reassured investors worried about a faltering
economy. Acquisition news and lower oil prices also carried stocks higher.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Fed likely to raise rates Tuesday
The Federal Reserve is expected to hike short-term interest rates by another
quarter-percentage point Tuesday with no indication that its 16-month-old
campaign to tighten monetary policy is nearing an end.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9879057/
FCC OKs multibillion-dollar telecom mergers
Regulators agreed Monday to approve SBC Communicationsâ?T takeover of AT&T and
Verizon Communicationsâ?T purchase of MCI â?" deals that allow the nationâ?Ts
biggest phone companies to grow bigger â?" but with conditions.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9878611/
Oil prices settle below $60 a barrel
Oil prices settled below $60 a barrel for the first time in three months
Monday, as forecasts calling for warmer weather sparked a wave of selling.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Feds investigate Dodge Dakotas, Durangos
The government is investigating nearly 500,000 Dodge Durango sport utility
vehicles and Dodge Dakota pickup trucks because of a possible loss in steering
control.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9880070/
Consumer spending bounces back in Sept.
Consumers got back into a buying groove and boosted their spending by a solid
0.5 percent in September. Incomes also grew briskly.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9876003/
Haunted house business gets scary for owners
Haunted houses long have been a Halloween tradition, but the business appears
to have reached a peak, pressured by urban renewal, safety regulations and the
growing costs of animatronics and special effects.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9855272/
Steve Case resigns from Time Warner board
Steve Case, a co-founder of AOL and one of the key architects of the disastrous
AOL-Time Warner merger, said Monday that he has resigned from Time Warner
Inc.'s board of directors.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9876642/
Saks selling stores to Bon-Ton for $1.1 billion
Saks Inc. said Monday it was selling its Northern department store group for
$1.1 billion in cash to Bon-Ton Stores Inc., establishing Bon-Ton as a regional
player in the Midwest.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9876987/
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