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Stocks finish shortened session slightly higher
Wall Street finished the week with moderate gains Friday, chalking up its fifth
straight week of gains and extending a November rally in light
post-Thanksgiving trading amid signs of a strong start to the busy holiday
shopping season.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Retailers usher in holidays with discounts
Bargain shoppers, facing frigid temperatures in many parts of the country, woke
up before dawn and headed to the nationâ?Ts malls and stores on Friday,
snapping up early bird specials on items from cashmere sweaters to flat-screen
TVs and digital music players as the holiday shopping season officially got
under way.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10197353/
Higher energy costs a wildcard for retailers
As pump prices have fallen in the past few weeks, hopes for a solid holiday
shopping season have rebounded. By John W. Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10178701/
Web sales expected to spike on â?~Cyber Mondayâ?T
U.S. online holiday sales are expected to hit nearly $20 billion this year and
should take off on Monday, when consumers return to work and their fast
Internet connections after the long Thanksgiving weekend.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10204961/
Vote: What are your holiday shopping plans?
What are your holiday shopping plans?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10180205/
Spitzer drops criminal pursuit of Greenberg
Additional civil charges against former American International Group Inc.
Chairman and CEO Maurice â?oHankâ? Greenberg are possible, but no state
criminal charges are expected, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer said Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10202825/
First Vioxx federal trial focuses on use
In April of 2001, Richard â?oDickyâ? Irvin was among millions of people who
found relief from nagging pain in Vioxx, then a popular painkiller often
praised as a wonder drug that worked when others failed.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10202874/
Indonesia to manufacture Tamiflu
Indonesia said Friday it would begin producing the bird flu drug Tamiflu, as
Vietnam and China reported new outbreaks of the H5N1 virus among poultry.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10203727/
Readers choose the least-loved American auto
Whatâ?Ts the worst American automobile ever made? Read a selection of MSNBC.com
reader comments on the nationâ?Ts number-one turkey on four wheels.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10139923/
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