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Markets end trading day down again
Wall Street extended its losses Thursday, a day after an inflation scare sent
the Dow Jones industrial average on its biggest one-day drop in three years and
put the Nasdaq composite index in the red for 2006.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Financial planning arrives for the not-so-rich
When it came to hiring an unbiased financial planner, if you werenâ?Tt rich,
you were on your own. But now the financial services business is trying to
fill the need for low-cost, no-commission planning. -- By Vanessa Richardson
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12837452/
Paris milks â?~Da Vinci Codeâ?T mania
Paris has gone â?oDa Vinci Codeâ? crazy. Everywhere you turn, the city is
plastered with posters advertising the highly anticipated May 17 opening of the
movie based on the best-selling thriller by Dan Brown.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12855512/
Bernanke: Housing headed for a safe landing
The housing market has lost altitude and appears headed for a safe landing,
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12852744/
Gunmakers put women shooters in their sights
Gun manufacturers are tweaking their products and changing how they approach
the burgeoning female market, which is estimated to be worth at least $285
million this year in firearm sales alone.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12858648/
Mortgage rates drift slightly higher
Rates on 30-year mortgages climbed this week to their highest point in nearly
four years, helping take the exuberance out of the housing market.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7148582/
Leaders of Big 3 meet on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers who met with the leaders of the Big Three U.S. automakers on Thursday
have pledged to work with them to help the industry compete against foreign
carmakers.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12855704/
Natural gas producers warn of costly future
As a record natural-gas supply depresses prices, the industry that supplies the
fuel has a message to consumers: donâ?Tt get used to it.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12856708/
Puerto Rico shutdown lifts jobless claims
The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose sharply last week
mainly due to the lingering effects of a partial government shutdown in Puerto
Rico, which caused worker layoffs.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12851527/
Job security waning in executive suites
It's getting shaky at the top. More than 15 percent of the world's 2,500
biggest companies lost their chief executives last year, and only half of the
departures were voluntary, according to a study that will be released by the
consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12851728/
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