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Stocks end mixed ahead of inflation report
Stocks finished Mondayâ?Ts seesaw session narrowly mixed, as cautious investors
held back from celebrating upbeat earnings at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Loweâ?Ts
Cos. ahead of critical inflation and spending data later this week.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Delta pilots strike could doom carrier
A strike threat by Delta Air Linesâ?T pilots, following a standoff with
management over proposed wage cuts, has raised the prospect of the first
shutdown of a major U.S. airline in seven years. By John W. Schoen.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10039691/
GM launches 'red tag' incentive program
Hoping to boost sales, General Motors Corp. on Monday announced a new
incentives program of "Red Tag" prices on cars and light trucks through Jan. 3.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10035228/
Greenspan warns anew on trade deficit
Foreign investors will likely tire of bankrolling the bloated U.S. trade
deficit but the economyâ?Ts flexibility should help temper any fallout, Federal
Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10037627/
Wal-Mart memo shows more stores planned
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open or expand 484 stores across the United
States next year, over 100 more than previously disclosed, according to an
internal document obtained by a leading Wal-Mart opponent and released to The
Associated Press on Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10039432/
Wal-Mart third-quarter profit rises
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the worldâ?Ts largest retailer, said Monday its earnings
rose 3.8 percent in the third quarter as sales grew 10 percent.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10035212/
Host Marriott to buy 38 hotels from Starwood
Host Marriott Corp., one of the largest U.S. hotel real estate investment
trusts, said Monday it agreed to buy 38 luxury and upscale hotels from Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. for about $3.3 billion, adding a slew of new
brands to the company's portfolio and expanding its international reach.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10036615/
Knight Ridder considers possible sale
Newspaper publisher Knight Ridder Inc. said Monday that it would explore a
possible sale of the company, bowing to demands from two large investors
unhappy with its depressed stock price.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10035216/
Goldman Sachs sells most of Mitsubishi stake
Just three days after it bought a chunk of Mitsubishi Motors, U.S. investment
bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. dumped most of its stake in the troubled Japanese
automaker, a spokesman from the car company said Monday.
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