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Wall Street ends higher as energy prices ease
Stocks closed Friday with a modest advance, as lower energy prices helped
counter a weak forecast from Intel Corp. and concerns that interest rates will
continue rising.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Natural gas prices touch all-time high
Natural-gas futures retreated from a record on Friday after a winter storm hit
the northern United States. The price of crude-oil and heating-oil futures also
dipped and analysts attributed some of the selling to profit-taking.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Consumer sentiment improves in December
U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early December more than economists had
expected, helped by falling gasoline prices and continuing job growth, a report
showed on Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10396001/
Holiday tipping without breaking the bank
It's that time of year again. We refer, of course, to the annual decision on
how much to tip the many service workers in your life, from your child's
teacher to the trash collector.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10368624/
Former HealthSouth CFO gets 5 years
A key government witness in the failed prosecution of fired HealthSouth Corp.
CEO Richard Scrushy was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for his role
in a $2.7 billion fraud at the health services company.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10400344/
Alltel to become pure wireless company
Alltel Corp., one of the nation's largest telecom service providers to rural
areas, on Friday said it plans to become a pure wireless company by spinning
off its wireline business and merging those operations with Valor
Communications Group Inc. in a deal worth about $4.9 billion plus debt.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10394545/
Delta union to ask pilots to authorize strike
Delta Air Lines Inc. says the decision by its pilotsâ?T union to ask
rank-and-file members to authorize a strike doesnâ?Tt change the companyâ?Ts
position on its need for $325 million in concessions, nor its willingness to
negotiate a consensual deal.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10381667/
Burger King plans new $1 value menu
Burger King Corp. plans to introduce a limited â?ovalue menuâ? featuring items
costing $1, to stimulate traffic and better compete with its fast-food rivals.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10399142/
Kellogg trimming trans fats from lineup
Starting early next year, some products made by Kellogg Co. will contain oils
derived from genetically modified soybeans to reduce or eliminate trans fatty
acids and minimize saturated fats, the cereal maker said Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10398319/
Botched stock trade costs Japan firm $225M
Japan's government rebuked the Tokyo Stock Exchange and one of the country's
biggest brokerage firms Friday after a typing error caused Mizuho Securities
Co. to lose at least 27 billion yen, or $225 million, on a stock trade.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10394551/
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