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Stocks end higher after jobless claims decline
A drop in unemployment claims helped to lift stocks Thursday despite mixed
earnings in the technology sector and tepid growth in consumer spending.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Comcast to offer 'family-friendly' cable
No. 1 cable operator Comcast Corp., under pressure from federal regulators over
racy television shows, Â said it will offer a package of â?ofamily-friendlyâ?
channels beginning next month.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10576381/
Court overturns $15 million tobacco fine
The California Supreme Court overturned a $14.8 million state fine levied
against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for handing out free cigarettes at a
biker rally and other public events.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10576882/
Forbes.com: A very business Christmas
Spread the wealth this season by buying gifts that tackle some of America's
thorniest money problems.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10572629/
NYC strike reflects wide pension concerns
There is an only-in-New-York quality to the city's crippling transit strike,
but the central issue in the labor dispute is the same one facing millions of
workers across a broad range of industries: The security of their pensions.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10565048/
Can a company really do that to me?
The time-honored office tradition of whining at the water cooler just might get
you fired, according to a newly compiled list of workplace horrors around the
world.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10573416/
U.S. jobless claims decline in latest week
New claims for U.S. jobless aid fell a sharp 13,000 last week but another gauge
of longer-term labor market trends posted an increase for the second straight
week, a government report showed Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10574258/
Albertsons sale fears hurt grocery chainâ?Ts stock
Shares of Albertsons Inc. sank Thursday on fears that the grocery chainâ?Ts
plan to sell itself is in jeopardy.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10572108/
GE Real Estate to buy Arden for $3.2 billion
General Electric Co.â?Ts real-estate unit has agreed to buy commercial
real-estate investment trust Arden Realty Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10573028/
November consumer spending rises modestly
Consumers increased spending moderately in November even though the growth in
their incomes slowed a bit, raising doubts about how strong the Christmas sales
season will be.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10572455/
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