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Independence Air to discontinue flights
Independence Air has announced it will discontinue flights at 7 p.m. this
Thursday. The low-cost carrier is shutting down less than 19 months after
taking to the skies.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10682415/
Russia-Ukraine gas fight hurts Europe
European countries were enduring reduced gas supplies at the height of winter
on Monday after Russia halted its deliveries to Ukraine, stirring fears about
the use of energy as a political weapon.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10673855/
Starbucks wins name dispute in China
A Chinese court has fined a Shanghai coffee house company and ordering it to
change its name because it's too similar to Starbucks, according to news
reports.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10681364/
Investors hoping for a better start to the new year
After a volatile 2005 and meager returns to show for it, investors are hoping
2006 will bring better fortunes. And if there's good news this week, the new
year could get off to a good start.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10673821/
Viacom begins the year with a split
Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves, Viacom's co-chief operating officers, will ring
the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning, kicking off
a new year on Wall Street and marking the formal separation of the media
conglomerate assembled by Sumner Redstone into two separate companies.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10682848/
Hookah bars, a Middle Eastern mainstay, find a place in America
Even as America is at war in the Middle East, hookah bars have found a place in
America.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10620103/
Wal-Mart estimates December sales at low end of forecast
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which made a big push this holiday season to woo
customers with aggressive discounts and marketing, estimated that its December
sales will meet only the low end of its forecast.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10673835/
Dream come true for HGTV winners?
Even if youâ?Tre lucky enough to have the winning entry out of the more than 40
million expected to pour in between Sundayâ?Ts start of the HGTV annual Dream
Home contest and the Feb. 17 deadline, you might find that taking up residence
is prohibitively expensive.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10654803/
WP: Cooler housing market means more freebies
Home builders are luring would-be buyers with freebies worth thousands of
dollars, in an attempt to prop up sales in a slowing real estate market.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10657422/
Dow closes disappointing year with a loss
Wall Street wrapped up a disappointing year Friday with a rally-killing
selloff, sending the stock market to its lowest levels since before
Thanksgiving and dunking the Dow Jones industrial average into negative
territory for the year.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10643624/
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