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Stocks waver after tame inflation report
Mixed economic numbers left stocks slightly lower at Tuesdayâ?Ts close, even as
a tame report on wholesale inflation fed hopes that stabilizing prices would
keep the Federal Reserve from hiking interest rates further.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
When grocery shopping, read the fine print
ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum tackles how food is labeled in grocery stores.
Exactly how useful are the labels? Are they even a service to consumers?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12803309/
Readers not sure motherhood is same as a job
A sampling of readersâ?T feedback to the story â?oStudy: Stay-at-home moms
deserve high pay.â?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12816304/
Warding off goo-goo eyes
You probably haven't been on the receiving end of cow eyes and giggles since
junior high school. But one day, amid the Microsoft spreadsheets, it hits you:
A co-worker has a crush on you.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12818892/
The best 4x4s
Off-roading has been an American tradition since before Lewis and Clark took up
President Jefferson's call to explore the West in 1803. Since then, though,
back-country travel has gotten less arduous and considerably easier on the
back, with off-trail time morphing from nation-building to recreational
past-time.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12819384/
Defense: Government bullied Enron witnesses
Witnesses who testified against former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey
Skilling were â?orobbed of their free willâ? by prosecutors, Skillingâ?Ts
defense attorney said Tuesday, suggesting they were eager to tell the
government what it wanted to hear.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12817059/
FCC member wants telecomsâ?T NSA help probed
The Federal Communications Commission, which regulates the telephone industry,
should open an investigation into whether the nationâ?Ts phone companies broke
the law by turning over millions of calling records to the government, an FCC
commissioner says.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12816460/
April housing starts, permits drop
The pace of U.S. housing construction slowed in April for the third month
running as groundbreaking on both single-family and multifamily homes dropped,
the government said on Tuesday in a report signaling more moderation in the
market.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12814502/
Energy costs spur jump in wholesale prices
Wholesale prices leaped ahead by the biggest margin in seven months, propelled
largely by soaring energy costs. That didnâ?Tt daunt U.S. industry, where
production jumped by 0.8 percent, the most since December.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12814418/
Oil prices climb back above $70 a barrel
Crude-oil futures rose Tuesday, reversing some of the declines in the previous
two trading sessions that were sparked by reports of weakening demand.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/
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