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Revived interest rate worries sink stocks
Stocks finished Tuesday with moderate losses, after reports about strong
consumer confidence and existing home sales indicated that the economy is
holding up better than expected and suggested that the Federal Reserve has room
for more rate increases.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Bush plan will do little to ease pain at the pump
Measures announced Tuesday by President Bush arenâ?Tt likely to alter the
forces that are straining the supplies of gasoline to U.S. motorists and
pushing prices higher. By MSNBC.com's John W. Schoen.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12480567/
Consumer confidence highest in 4 years
Consumers shrugged off higher gasoline prices in April and sent a widely
watched barometer of consumer confidence to its highest level in almost four
years, a private research group said Tuesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12478734/
U.S. existing-home sales edge higher
The pace of existing home sales in the United States picked up by 0.3 percent
in March, defying expectations for a slowdown, due to increased buying in some
less expensive markets and in part to warm weather, a trade group said Tuesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12479342/
Lay testifies he was eager to talk to press
Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay testified Tuesday it was "against every bone in
my body" not to talk to The Wall Street Journal when it first raised questions
about some Enron transactions in September 2001.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12480566/
Should I book my summer airline tickets now?
The summer is getting closer and people are looking to snap up airline seats.
But should they book now or wait for a better deal?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12464828/
Boeing said near settlement with Justice Dept.
Boeing Co. is nearing a final settlement with federal prosecutors to resolve
investigations into its acquisition of proprietary documents from Lockheed
Martin Corp. in the 1990s and the recruitment of a senior Air Force contracting
official in 2002, a published report said Tuesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12480881/
Adidas calls fault over logo restrictions
Adidas is suing the four Grand Slam tournaments and the International Tennis
Federation in a dispute over the size of its logo.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12479430/
MGM Mirage, Foxwoods casino ink partnership
MGM Mirage Inc. will open a hotel and casino alongside Foxwoods Resort Casino,
an unusual partnership that will bring one of the world's largest gaming
corporations onto an Indian reservation that's already home to one of the
world's most successful casinos.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12479455/
Reynolds inks deal for chewing tobacco maker
Reynolds American Inc. on Tuesday agreed to acquire privately held Conwood for
$3.5 billion, expanding the second biggest U.S. cigarette maker's reach into
the smokeless-tobacco market.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12477495/
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