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Stocks close flat amid mixed economic data
Stocks finished Friday little changed, stemming earlier losses, amid
better-than-expected wholesale inflation figures, slowing retail sales and
disappointing outlooks from Lucent Technologies Inc. and Tyco International Ltd.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Wal-Mart takes over the world
Wal-Mart is staking its claim country by country, changing the face of world
retailing.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10838942/
Guidant on tight schedule to decide on suitor
Guidant Corp. faces a tight deadline Friday to endorse a richer $25 billion bid
from Boston Scientific Corp. or try to squeeze more money out of its existing
merger partner Johnson & Johnson , analysts said on Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10805116/
Despite flaws, Dow index still dominates
The buzz created by the latest milestone for the Dow Jones industrial average
raises the question: Why does this flawed index continue to hold such a grip on
the popular imagination? By Martin Wolk
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10824745/
Insurer AIG to pay over $1 billion to end probes
American International Group Inc. may pay as much as $1.5 billion to settle
civil investigations by state and federal authorities into an accounting
scandal, The Wall Street Journal said Friday, citing unnamed people familiar
with the matter.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10837344/
Maryland tackles Wal-Mart on health care
The Maryland House of Delegates Thursday overrode Gov. Robert Ehrlich's veto
only hours after a similar vote in the state Senate, approving a bill that
would force Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to spend more on employee health care in the
state.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10827217/
Ex-Enron CEO Lay takes case to the Internet
People sell everything from antique china to chihuahuas on the Internet, but
former Enron Corp. chief executive Kenneth Lay's legal defense team wants Web
surfers to buy his credibility.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10839602/
Entire Refco board reportedly resigns
The entire Refco Inc. board of directors has resigned, a source close to the
matter said on Friday, meeting a condition for the bankrupt broker to avoid
being overseen by a U.S. trustee.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10839750/
Wholesale inflation jumps sharply in December
Soaring gasoline costs pushed inflation at the wholesale level up sharply in
December, ending a year in which wholesale inflation rose at the fastest pace
since 1990.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10835791/
Smaller-than-expected rise in retail sales
U.S. retail sales rose a slightly smaller-than-expected 0.7 percent in December
and were up just 0.2 percent when auto purchases were excluded, government data
showed on Friday, but Novemberâ?Ts sales were revised sharply higher.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10835891/
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