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Wall Street ends the week on an up note
Wall Street extended its rebound to a third session Friday as growth in
personal income and spending further reinforced data brightening the outlook
for the economy and interest rates.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Martha Stewart will fight SEC civil suit
Martha Stewart, who completed a five-month prison sentence a year ago for lying
about her sale of ImClone stock, has decided to fight rather than settle civil
insider trading charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12988989/
Consumer spending climbed in April
Consumer spending grew in April at the fastest pace in three months but much of
that spending went to pay for higher gasoline prices. Rising price pressures
pushed a key gauge of inflation favored by the Federal Reserve up by the
largest amount in 13 months.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12987054/
Enron shareholders feel vindicated
Many Enron shareholders applauded the guilty verdicts of  Kenneth Lay and
Jeffrey Skilling, and will eventually see more than justice prevail â?" they
will also see checks with their names on them. -- By Gayle B. Ronan
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12985808/
Hoffa search unearths a creepy cupcake
As FBI agents combed a Michigan farm looking for the remains of labor leader
Jimmy Hoffa this week, a local bakery has decided to capitalize on the search
with a cupcake apparently not only grave-digger can love.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12975168/
Some Enron victims still trying to recover
Legions of people awaited Thursday's guilty verdict in the Enron fraud trial,
and probably none more anxiously than Enron's victims. And you don't have to go
far in Houston to find them.  By CNBC's Scott Cohn
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12976443/
Layâ?Ts alma matter struggles with donation
The criminal conviction of Kenneth Lay may prompt his alma mater to reconsider
the use of $1.1 million worth of Enron stock donated before the companyâ?Ts
collapse.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12992280/
WP: Enron verdict, a U.S. milestone
If there was one case the government had to make to define this as the era of
corporate accountability, it was Enron.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12981514/
Holiday packing list: sunscreen and briefcase
Memorial Day, the unofficial kickoff of summer holidays in the United States,
may be near, but that doesnâ?Tt mean Americans will be kicking back and
relaxing. Instead, U.S. workers keep working while they are on vacation,
experts and studies say.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12990603/
Wal-Mart denies it backs anti-union group
Union-backed critics accused Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday of being one of the
undisclosed donors behind a new anti-union advertising campaign launched by a
Washington, D.C., lobbyist with past ties to two of Wal-Martâ?Ts top public
relations and lobbying figures.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12991631/
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