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Stocks climb on upbeat data, falling oil prices
Stocks finished Thursday moderately higher after new data soothed inflation
concerns, although a downgrade of tobacco and food conglomerate Altria Group
Inc. capped gains in the Dow Jones industrial average.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
30-year rates rise again, though modestly
Rates on 30-year mortgages edged up slightly this week, posting the 10th
consecutive increase and keeping rates at the highest level in more than two
years.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7148582/
Google stock breaks $400 a share
Google Inc.â?Ts stock price continues to forge ahead. Shares in the search
engine hit another all-time high Thursday, breaking through the $400 threshold,
a move that may once again force Wall Street to rethink its price targets.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10084065/
Maximizing your menu of employee benefits
Flexible spending accounts, healthcare savings accounts and premium-only plans
are just a sample of whatâ?Ts on the menu. But do you know what to put on your
plate?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10072054/
General Motors just canâ?Tt catch a break
General Motors, despite efforts to turn around its ailing business, continues
to get knocked around by analysts, investors and consumers.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10075026/
Home construction sees biggest drop in months
Home construction in October plunged by the biggest amount in seven months,
providing dramatic evidence that rising mortgage rates are beginning to dampen
the housing boom.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10081598/
Companies preparing for a bird flu outbreak
Multinational companies in a variety of industries around the world are bracing
for a possible outbreak of bird flu in humans according to a report in
Thursdayâ?Ts Wall Street Journal.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10082533/
Ford recalls some 235,000 pickups, vans, SUVs
Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 235,000 pickups, vans and sport utility
vehicles from the 2006 model year because of potential problems with the
windshield wiper motor.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10081354/
Delphi said to demand 24,000 hourly job cuts
Labor leaders said bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp. demanded 24,000
hourly job cuts over three years, a plan which union leaders refuse to even
submit to the companyâ?Ts workers for a vote, the Detroit Free Press reported
on Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10081182/
U.S. jobless claims fall
The number of U.S. workers filing for initial jobless aid fell sharply last
week, a government report showed Thursday, pushing the claims total to its
lowest point since April â?" a sign that the labor market is shaking off the
impact of the hurricanes.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10081822/
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