--------------------------------------------------------
Today's Business Headlines - Market Close from MSNBC.com
--------------------------------------------------------
Market Closing Prices
DJIA: 11613.19 +72.28
NASDAQ: 2252.89 +30.52
S&P 500: 1325.18 +6.87
AMEX: 1933.86 +2.96
Wall Street Watch: Complete coverage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032221/
-------------------------------
ADVERTISEMENT
-------------------------------
Get a Faster Internet Connection with MSN Broadband -- Now Available Nationwide!
http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/broadband/default.asp
-------------------------------
Business
-------------------------------
Stocks surge, boosted by oil, Fed news
Wall Street closed higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept short-term
interest rates steady, as expected, but left the door open to additional rate
hikes.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Report: HP studied newsroom spying
Hewlett-Packard conducted feasibility studies on placing spies in news bureaus
of two publications as part of an investigation into leaks from its board, The
New York Times reported on Wednesday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14919183/
Calif. sues carmakers over global warming
California filed suit against the world's largest carmakers on Wednesday,
charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have cost the state millions
of dollars.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14924286/
Oracleâ?Ts quarterly profit tops estimates
Oracle Corp. posted a quarterly profit on Tuesday that topped Wall Streetâ?Ts
estimates, as new business software license revenue rose, sending its share
price up sharply.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14920578/
News Corp. may start a Chinese MySpace
Rupert Murdoch told an investor conference Tuesday that he didnâ?Tt see a need
to distribute programming or other media content from his News Corp.
conglomerate through Internet portals.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14922867/
Energy price drop makes Fed's job easier
Call it the Fedâ?Ts â?ooil dividend.â? As the central bankâ?Ts inflation
fighters meet Wednesday to set interest rates, theyâ?Tll get some major
breathing room from the recent plunge in oil and gasoline prices. By John W.
Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14906805/
Oil price pullback steepest in 15 years
Oil prices fell to their lowest level in six months on Wednesday, extending the
steepest plunge from a record high in 15 years. But prices bounced back a bit
following news of a bigger-than-expected drop in crude oil inventories last
week.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/
Calif. farmers plow spinach fields under
Farmers in the self-proclaimed â?oSalad Bowl to the Worldâ? started plowing
their spinach crops under and laying off workers as government inspectors
examined fields and packing houses Tuesday for the source of the deadly E. coli
outbreak.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14911423/
HP executives to testify at hearing
Hewlett-Packard's Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and the companyâ?Ts general counsel
have agreed to testify next week before a House panel investigating the affair.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14912364/
Latest Elmo hits store shelves
Fisher-Price, a unit of Mattel Inc., on Tuesday took the wraps off T.M.X. Elmo,
ending months of unprecedented secrecy thatâ?Ts had the toy industry abuzz.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14904938/
=========================================
This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received this MSNBC Daily Market
Close newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you.
To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this
message was forwarded to you) simply go to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7423315/, select unsubscribe, enter the email
address receiving this message, and click the Go button.
Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052
MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT
http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>
