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Stocks boosted by latest earnings news
Stocks mounted a strong rally Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average
posting a triple-digit gain, as an early wave of stronger-than-expected
earnings reports reassured investors that corporate profits can grow despite
rising interest rates.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
State workers feel pension pressure
State and municipal workers â?" and the unions that represent them â?" are
fighting to retain the treasured benefit of a fixed monthly pension, something
that is rapidly disappearing from the corporate world. By MSNBC.com's Martin
Wolk
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13327065/
Anheuser-Busch may enter liquor market
Tourists on a recent walking tour of Anheuser-Buschâ?Ts brewery sampled the
well-known finale â?" free Budweiser on tap. But they got something extra at
the bar â?" free liquor shots.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13454851/
Worker's blunder at plant costs $11 million
A worker who accidentally tripped a shut-off switch at a major Ontario plastics
plant will cost the manufacturer $11 million in lost profit, the company said
Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13462681/
Ellison leaves Harvard in lurch over donation
Harvard University has been left in the lurch by Larry Ellison, chairman of
software group Oracle, who has failed to make good on a $115 million donation
10 months after academics believed they could count on the money.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13463652/
Despite prices, Vegas property still in demand
Prices are more than $20 million an acre, but investors are still betting that
increasingly scarce Las Vegas Strip properties might be worth accumulating.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13463457/
Pets becoming more common at work
More companies are allowing pets in the workplace. One survey shows nearly
one in five U.S. firms allow pets at work.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13459962/
Italian icon on verge of going public
The maker of Vespas, the Italian icon about to turn 60, plans to go public just
a few years after being rescued from financial disaster.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13462142/
Japan agrees to lift ban on U.S. beef imports
Japan agreed Wednesday to lift a ban on U.S. beef imports, pending inspections
of U.S. meat processing plants to dispel concerns over mad cow disease, the
Agriculture Ministry said.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13454277/
Investor group makes offer for Univision
An investor group including U.S. billionaire Haim Saban and four private equity
firms submitted an offer for Spanish-language broadcaster Univision
Communications Inc. while the entry of a rival suitor remained unclear, sources
familiar with the deal said Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13456069/
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