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Stocks end lower amid inflation fears
Stocks finished Wednesday lower after the government said productivity
decreased and wages increased in the spring, stoking fears that wage inflation
will prompt the Federal Reserve to return to a policy of interest rate hikes
when it meets later this month.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Fed report: Economy continues to cool
Growth tepid or flat as central bank to take up rate hike later this month
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14701507/
Mulally finally gets view from the top
Alan Mulally has never made any secret of his ambition. But after 37 years of
climbing the corporate ladder at Boeing, he had to switch industries to get the
top job he coveted â?"Â at Ford Motor Co.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14696488/
Ford makes bold move, but is it enough?
Ford took a bold step into its future Tuesday, hiring Boeing executive Alan
Mulally as its new CEO, as Bill Ford ceded operational control. But more will
be required for the struggling automaker to turn things around. By
MSNBC.comâ?Ts Roland Jones.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14687037/
Ford names Boeing executive CEO
Bill Ford, who struggled for five years to steer Ford Motor Co. toward
financial stability, is stepping down as chief executive of the company founded
by his great grandfather.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14686147/
Congress looks at exec stock options
Shareholders and employees have been â?oripped off by senior executives who
rigged stock option programs,â? the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
said at a hearing Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14701699/
Advocates laud safety of new nuclear reactors
Jose Reyes' research lab looks like a three-story tangle of pipes and
instruments. But to nuclear engineers like him, it's evidence that generating
electricity by splitting atoms can cost less and be done more safely than in
the past.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14681100/
Life gets easier for junk-fax peddlers
You can expect to see more unwanted faxes because of new federal rules that
took effect last month. Â But you can fight back. ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum
explains how.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14684181/
Anheuser-Busch to launch â?~Bud.TVâ?T
The nationâ?Ts biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch, Â plans to launch a Web site in
February that will show original programming, including extended shows
featuring characters from previous television ads.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14689096/
Intel to lay off 10,500
Intel Corp., the worldâ?Ts largest chip maker, has endured a humiliating
stumble in recent years as it steadily lost market share in its core business
to a feisty smaller rival.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14679917/
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