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Wall Street wavers amid higher oil prices
Stocks drifted without a clear direction Monday, closing narrowly mixed, even
as Iranâ?Ts nuclear arms situation sent energy prices higher. Positive analyst
remarks on Alcoa Inc. and General Motors Corp. helped the Dow Jones industrial
average to notch a tiny gain.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Disney reports higher quarterly profit
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday posted a higher quarterly profit, due to growth
in its parks and resorts, media networks and consumer products units.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11205279/
Most entrepreneurial supermodels
Only the superstars can keep their careers going for much after they turn 30.
Assuming she hasn't married a hedge fund tycoon or just wants to keep working,
what's a supermodel to do?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11203489/
Humor, action score for advertisers
The Steelers were not the only winners in Super Bowl XL. While linemen sucked
oxygen between plays, marketers were scoring points for beermakers, mortgage
lenders and Japanese cars. By MSNBC.com's Martin Wolk
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11164889/
Vote for your favorite Super Bowl XL ad
Vote for your favorite Super Bowl XL commercial.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11136085/
Time Warner sells book group to Lagardere
Time Warner Inc. is selling its book publishing division to the French media
and defense conglomerate Lagardere SCA for $537.5 million, the companies
announced Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11203992/
Talbots to acquire J. Jill Group
Talbots Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire womenâ?Ts apparel retailer J.
Jill Group Inc. for about $517 million, trumping an earlier unsolicited offer
from Liz Claiborne Inc., which said itâ?Ts not inclined to sweeten its bid.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11203943/
Toshiba inks $5.4 billion deal for Westinghouse
Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Monday that it was buying nuclear plant builder
Westinghouse Electric Co., the U.S.-based unit of the British government's
British Nuclear Fuels PLC, for $5.4 billion.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11199084/
AIG near huge settlement with regulators
American International Group Inc., the giant property-casualty insurer under
investigation for deceptive accounting practices, is close to reaching a $1.5
billion deal with federal regulators to settle the allegations, The Wall Street
Journal and The New York Times reported Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11199162/
Report: Rupert Murdoch to take on CNBC
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch plans to take on CNBC, launching a competing
business news channel by the end of the year, he said in a magazine interview.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11199184/
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