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Stocks tumble as oil trades close to $70
Stocks tumbled Monday, as rising energy and gold prices curbed Wall Streetâ?Ts
enthusiasm over solid first-quarter earnings from financial services firm
Citigroup Inc.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Oil prices top $70, close at record high
Oil prices settled at a record high above $70 a barrel on Monday, rising more
than $1 on concerns about supply disruptions in Nigeria and diplomatic tensions
between the West and Iran over Tehranâ?Ts nuclear ambitions.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Why can't IRS make tax filing simpler?
With hours to go before this year's filing deadline, Matt in Missouri is asking
a question that anyone waiting in line at the post office must be wondering.
Why can't they just simplify the ridiculously complicated process of filing a
tax return?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12318501/
Skilling faces cross-examination in Enron trial
Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling on Monday denied that he tailored his
testimony to deflect allegations he knew the company resorted to crime to
report impressive earnings before it crashed in scandal.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12355121/
Boeing announces additional layoffs in Kansas
Boeing Co. said Monday it planned to lay off 900 employees, or 25 percent of
its work force from its operations in Wichita, Kansas, citing defense budget
cuts, delays in some contracts and the completion of others.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12357626/
Ex-Exxon CEO's massive pension draws fire
A $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout to Exxon
Mobil Corp.'s former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond has some
shareholders and economists asking, "how much is enough?"
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12356099/
Wal-Mart plans to help local businesses
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is undertaking an unusual strategy: helping competing
local establishments stay in business.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12357147/
Cigarette makers, states fight over money
States contend that tobacco companies are withholding more than $700 million
that is owed to them this year under a landmark legal settlement.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12357310/
Chinese bank denies talks with Bear Stearns
China Construction Bank Corp., one of Chinaâ?Ts largest state-controlled banks,
is in early talks with Bear Stearns Cos. that could lead to its taking a
minority stake in the Wall Street securities firm, the Wall Street Journal said
on Monday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12351870/
Cosmetics makers pitch new image of beauty
The beauty business â?" from cosmetics to skin care to fashion â?" is banking
on aging boomers big spending. Older icons, like Christie Brinkley to Bob
Dylan, are being enlisted to make the industry's new pitch.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12288547/
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