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Dow finishes at second-highest close ever
Stocks surged Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to its
second-highest closing level in history, as investors focused on improved
consumer confidence and regional economic figures rather than further evidence
of weakness in the housing sector.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Consumer confidence rises in September
Falling gasoline prices helped ease American shoppersâ?T worries in September,
sending a gauge of consumer sentiment higher than analysts expected.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15013477/
Ex-Enron CFO Fastow gets six years
Former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow has been sentenced to
six years in prison for his role in the companyâ?Ts collapse. He pleaded guilty
in a plea bargain and had been expected to get a 10-year sentence.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15011592/
Go public? No thanks, says Oprah
As a businesswoman, Oprah Winfrey has made more than a billion dollars calling
her own shots and says she is not looking for shareholders to help her now,
thank you very much.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15014456/
Fastow slams banks he says helped Enron
Former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew S. Fastow soon may be headed to prison
â?" but not without a parting shot at the banks that he says helped the company
disguise its financial problems.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15012011/
Ex-WorldCom CEO begins prison sentence
Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers drove through the gates of a federal
prison Tuesday to begin a 25-year sentence for his role in the $11 billion
accounting fraud that toppled a company he built from a tiny telecommunications
firm to an industry giant.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15011730/
Sharper Imageâ?Ts CEO steps down
Troubled retailer Sharper Image Corp. on Tuesday said founder Richard
Thalheimer has stepped down as chairman and chief executive.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15012645/
Top billionaire homes
The wealthiest in the country can buy or build just about any type of house
they like, and so it should come as no shock that many of them live very
nicely. They know what they want and are willing to spend what it takes to get
it.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15003202/
Panel subpoenas 3 in HP spy scandal
Three people involved in Hewlett-Packard Co.â?Ts efforts to unmask a boardroom
leak have been ordered to testify at this weekâ?Ts congressional hearing on the
corporate spying scandal thatâ?Ts so far claimed the companyâ?Ts chairwoman and
two directors.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15005261/
U.S. suspicious about gas prices
Almost half of all Americans believe the November elections have more influence
than market forces. For them, the plunge at the pump is about politics, not
economics.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15004503/
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