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Stocks slump after Philly Fed report
Stocks fell sharply Thursday after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve surprised
Wall Street by announcing that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity
fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, renewing
investor fears that the economy could be cooling too quickly.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Wal-Mart to offer cheap generic drugs
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., facing pressure from critics who call its employee health
care coverage inadequate, plans to begin selling nearly 300 generic
prescription drugs to its employees and customers at much-reduced prices, the
company announced Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14927896/
Pan Am sends check-15 years later
In the 15 years since Pan American World Airways shut down 15,000 former
employees can expect to open their mailboxes one day this December and find
that a check has arrived, marking the end of the liquidation of an iconic
airline.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14941429/
Growers to present new food-safety plan
California produce growers and processors worked to draw up new food-safety
measures as government investigators trying to pinpoint the source of the
deadly E. coli outbreak narrowed their search to three counties.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14941575/
Mortgage rates at lowest level in six months
Rates on 30-year mortgages fell this week to the lowest level in six months,
offering support to the sagging home market.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7148582/
Professionals set stage for quick home sales
As the number of unsold homes on the market rises, prospective home sellers are
trying to beat the days-on-market average. But before they lower expectations
along with their selling price, there is a far less costly option to consider
â?" "staging" the home for sale.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14908935/
Ex-Enron CEO arrested for public intoxication
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was ticketed for public intoxication earlier
this month in Dallas, according to a newspaper report.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14933555/
Reports: HP chief had role in leak probe
Three separate newspaper reviews Thursday of e-mail messages suggest
Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd played a more direct role
in an internal investigation of media leaks than previously disclosed.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14936279/
Jobless claims up by large amount
The number of newly laid-off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last
week by the largest amount since early August, providing further evidence that
economy has slowed.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14936612/
Facebook in talks to sell itself to Yahoo
Social-networking Web site Facebook.com is in serious talks to sell itself to
Internet media company Yahoo Inc. for an amount that could approach $1 billion,
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14939697/
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