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Stocks edge up as crude prices rise
Stocks extended their rally into a second day Wednesday, pushing to four-month
highs, even as oil prices showed a slight rebound after seven days of losses.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Saving some green at the supermarket
Do you always shop at the same supermarket? If so, you might be better off
using two stores. ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum explains.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14788952/
Ford planning a massive restructuring
Ford Motor Co. is expected to soon announce a massive corporate that will lower
white-collar costs by 30 percent and include cutting jobs and benefits,
according to the online version of The Wall Street Journal.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14807592/
The dark side of financial windfalls
Financial experts and recipients of unexpected sums of money say itâ?Ts common
for such newfound wealth to feel more like a burden than a blessing â?"
especially if the windfall came as a result of a loved one's death.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14723441/
Worker shortage hampers Katrina rebuilding
A shortage of workers â?" compounded by an acute shortage of places to house
them â?" is making it impossible for contractors to meet the overwhelming
demand for builders, plumbers, electricians and other skilled laborers in the
post-Katrina era.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14817688/
Foreclosures rise in second quarter
Slight uptick comes amid higher interest rates and energy costs.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14817866/
Official says enough to indict in HP case
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he has enough evidence to indict
people at Hewlett-Packard Co. in an investigation into whether the computer
maker had illegally obtained the private phone records of directors and
reporters.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14813842/
Soros gives $50 million to poverty project
Billionaire financier and global philanthropist George Soros has dedicated $50
million to the anti-poverty work of the Millennium Village project in Africa,
his largest commitment to a single entity in almost a decade.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14814601/
Saudi exec: 18 percent of global oil tapped
The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a
leading Saudi oil executive said Wednesday, challenging the notion that
supplies are petering out.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14814230/
Paulson: China needs market reform
China must swiftly adopt a more fully market-based economy and flexible
currency exchange rates or risk losing its ability to control its economy, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14816379/
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