--------------------------------------------------------
Today's Business Headlines - Market Close from MSNBC.com
--------------------------------------------------------
Market Closing Prices
DJIA: 11043.44 +31.86
NASDAQ: 2331.36 +11.04
S&P 500: 1294.18 +4.49
AMEX: 1813.07 -1.78
Wall Street Watch: Complete coverage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032221/
-------------------------------
ADVERTISEMENT
-------------------------------
Get a Faster Internet Connection with MSN Broadband -- Now Available Nationwide!
http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/broadband/default.asp
-------------------------------
Business
-------------------------------
Stocks close higher after Fedâ?Ts commentary
Stocks resumed their advance Wednesday, finishing with modest gains after New
Yorkâ?Ts Federal Reserve president gave a speech saying core inflation is
â?oquite moderate.â?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Millions hit by shortfall in heating aid
The surge in the price of home heating has already begun to stretch
consumersâ?T budgets to the limit.  By MSNBC.com's John W. Schoen.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10794536/
Plenty of models to gawk at in Detroit
Young, shapely women, are a common sight at auto shows; theyâ?Tre primarily
employed to tempt would-be car buyers closer to the cars on display. But
theyâ?Tre not just pretty faces.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10803766/
New device plays music, shows the way home
One of the most sought-after add-on applications for cars is GPS-run navigation
systems. And one company is displaying a standalone navigation device that not
only tells you the way to Albuquerque, it plays music too.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10792184/
Wall Street bonuses hit record $21.5B in 2005
Wall Street bonuses are expected to have risen to a record $21.5 billion in
2005 from $18.6 billion in 2004 as financial sector revenues surged, New York
State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10805749/
Personal bankruptcy filings hit record in '05
The rush of indebted consumers to file bankruptcy before a tough new law took
effect pushed personal filings for 2005 to their highest annual level on record
â?" more than 2 million, according to new data.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10795456/
China says 2005 trade surplus near $102B
China's trade surplus surged to $101.88 billion last year, more than triple the
$32 billion surplus recorded the year before, according to customs figures
released Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10802706/
J&J may raise its bid for Guidant
Johnson & Johnson is weighing a higher takeover offer for medical-device
maker Guidant Corp. in a move to thwart a $25 billion bid from rival suitor
Boston Scientific Corp. , a source familiar with the situation said on
Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10805116/
Texas cattle ranchers hobbled by drought, fires
A drought in Texas and Oklahoma has dried up creeks and ponds, depleted
pastures and fueled wildfires that have burned precious hay and grass. The
conditions have ranchers selling off breeding stock at a time when they should
be expanding herds.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10806251/
Air India signs huge jet deal with Boeing
State-run Air India on Wednesday signed an agreement with U.S.-based Boeing Co.
for the purchase of 68 planes in what officials called the largest single deal
in India's civil aviation history.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10802696/
=========================================
This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received this MSNBC Daily Market
Close newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you.
To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this
message was forwarded to you) simply go to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7423315/, select unsubscribe, enter the email
address receiving this message, and click the Go button.
Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052
MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT
http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>
