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Stocks close lower after volatile session
Stocks finished Friday slightly lower, as investors mulled lower oil prices
amid the expiration of options contracts, which led to heavy trading volume.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Time Warner, Google in exclusive AOL talks
Time Warner Inc. is in exclusive talks with Google about the search engine
company expanding its relationship with Time Warnerâ?Ts AOL online division,
according to a source close to the situation.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10495660/
GM's CEO sees improved revenue in 2006
General Motors Corp. should see improved revenue in 2006, driven by its new
line of full-sized sport utility vehicles and trucks, Chief Executive Rick
Wagoner said on Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10492033/
Scrushy sues HealthSouth for $70 million
Former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard M. Scrushy is suing the company he
founded, seeking more than $70 million for what he says was a breach of
contract stemming from his March 2003 firing.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10492244/
Broadest U.S. trade measure improves slightly
Americaâ?Ts deficit in the broadest measure of international trade showed a
slight improvement in the July-September quarter although it was still at the
third highest level in history.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10492999/
Oil prices drop nearly $2 a barrel
The price of oil fell to its lowest level in more than two weeks on Friday as
traders took note of warmer weather in the Northeast and locked in profits
ahead of the weekend.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Martha Stewart Living finance chief to resign
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. said Friday that James Follo, chief
financial and administrative officer, will resign in March and will be replaced
temporarily as chief financial officer by its vice president for finance and
investor relations, Howard Hochhauser.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10493186/
Investment group poised to win Albertsons
A group made up of Cerberus Capital, Kimco Realty Corp. and grocer Supervalu
Inc. is poised to win the auction for grocery retailer Albertsons Inc. with a
bid of about $9.6 billion, or $26 a share, the Wall Street Journal reported on
Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10492258/
Wal-Mart throws an undercut at Target
Electronics make up the newest battleground in Wal-Mart's fight for customers
this holiday season. And with just over a week left before Christmas, the
company is in full assault mode.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10492261/
EU trade chief says WTO talks in trouble
WTO talks were in peril Friday with the EU trade chief saying they were "going
backwards," and cotton, banana and sugar growing nations threatening to reject
any trade deal that failed to protect their farmers.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10492241/
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