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Former top Enron accountant pleads guilty
Former top Enron Corp. accountant Richard Causey pleaded guilty to securities
fraud Wednesday and agreed to help pursue convictions against Enron founder
Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10620117/
Stocks finish higher amid upbeat data
Rising oil prices and the return of a bond market anomaly cut into stocksâ?T
early gains Wednesday, leaving Wall Street with a modest advance at the close.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Road ahead for automotive industry still bumpy
Detroit is hoping a range of dazzling new vehicles and far-reaching
restructuring plans will reverse its bad fortune in 2006, but some industry
observers say serious challenges remain.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10576399/
Last-minute shopping surge could save retailers
Procrastinators may have saved retailers this holiday season with a last-minute
shopping surge that put merchants on track to meet their modest sales goals,
two reports confirmed Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10606299/
Consumer confidence rises strongly
Consumer confidence surged in December as declining gasoline prices and
improving job opportunities buoyed spirits, boding well for spending in the new
year.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10626761/
Deadline looms for Delta pilot ratification of pay cut deal
Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots have until Wednesday to approve a tentative
agreement on temporary pay cuts their union worked out with management to help
the bankrupt carrier deal with an expected cash crunch.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10618564/
U.S. mortgage applications fell last week
U.S. mortgage applications fell to a more than 3-1/2-year low last week amid a
sharp drop in demand for loan refinancing even as interest rates held steady,
an industry trade group said Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10623932/
DaimlerChrysler sells diesel-engine maker
Automaker DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday it is selling diesel-engine maker
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH to financial investor EQT as part of a drive to focus
on its core vehicles business.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10625988/
Regulators tell Refco unit to let assets go
U.S. regulators told Refco Securities LLC they may take action against the
broker-dealer if it does not provide customers immediate access to their
accounts and property, its bankrupt parent Refco Inc. said in a court filing
this week.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10623926/
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