| U.S. Indexes Close Down for the Week |
| Investors took a cautious approach Friday ahead of next week's rush of earnings reports, sending stocks lower for the third time in four sessions. Mixed economic and earnings news contributed to the sluggish performance. Full Story
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| American Pilots Seek to Extend Voting |
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| Dissident pilots at American Airlines said Friday they were seeking to extend or delay voting on a concessions agreement that the carrier says it needs to avoid bankruptcy Full Story
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| Excerpts of HealthSouth Conversation |
| Excerpts of an FBI-monitored conversation held March 18 between Richard Scrushy, HealthSouth Corp.'s then-CEO, and William T. Owens, its chief financial officer at the time. Prosecutors released the tape of the conversation Friday. Full Story
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| Interim Trustee Named at Boyer Candy |
| A judge removed Boyer Candy Co.'s chief executive officer as trustee of the troubled company on Friday, naming an interim trustee who was to start running the candy maker immediately. Full Story
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| Dynegy Reduces Earnings by $19.2M |
| Dynegy Inc. filed final audited results dating back to 1997 on Friday, just more than a year after hiring PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to revise its records for those years. Full Story
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| Gov't Acts to Protect Troops' Families |
| People receiving supplemental security income disability payments and Medicaid coverage can continue to do so even if family income rises due to a mother, father or spouse getting special combat supplements to their military pay, the government said Friday. Full Story
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| Former Gillette Exec Deluca Indicted |
| A former Gillette Co. executive was arrested Friday for allegedly demanding kickbacks, including a car, electronics, home renovations and hundreds of thousands of dollars, from company clients to whom he directed business. Full Story
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| Friday's Markets Glance |
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| Tenet Sues Dissident Shareholder |
| Tenet Healthcare Corp. sued a dissident shareholder, claiming that he's trying to topple the board of directors for the second time in two years and spreading lies about the company in an effort to rile investors. Full Story
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| Steelworkers Warn of Work Stoppage |
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| The United Steelworkers of America warned Friday that 8,000 National Steel Corp. workers will go on strike if a bankruptcy judge approves any request to void labor contracts. Full Story
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| Ex-HealthSouth CFO Speaks in Fraud Case |
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| A former top aide to HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy testified in federal court Friday about a tape recording he made of a conversation they had a day before the government accused Scrushy and the company of massive accounting fraud. Full Story
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| Friday's Commodities Roundup |
| Crude oil futures mounted a late-session short covering rally Friday, as early selling gave way to a wave of buying. Full Story
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| Big Movers in the Stock Market |
| Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market. Full Story
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| Dow Closes Down 18, Nasdaq Falls 7 |
| Investors took a cautious approach Friday ahead of next week's rush of earnings reports, sending stocks lower for the third time in four sessions. Mixed economic and earnings news contributed to the sluggish performance. Full Story
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| No Deal Reached on Philip Morris Bond |
| Lawyers for cigarette maker Philip Morris USA and plaintiffs in a $10.1 billion lawsuit failed to reach a compromise Friday over a $12 billion appeal bond the company has been ordered to pay, but are scheduled to meet again on Monday. Full Story
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| United Pilots, Mechanics OK Changes |
| United Airlines' bid to gain employee backing for drastic cost cuts in bankruptcy got a twin boost Friday when mechanics tentatively agreed to a contract and pilots overwhelmingly ratified separate concessions. Full Story
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| New York Exchange Prices O-S |
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| New York Exchange Prices F-K |
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| American Exchange Issues |
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| New York Exchange Prices |
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| L'Oreal Manager Cleared to File Suit |
| A state appeals court has cleared the way for a discrimination lawsuit by a L'Oreal sales manager who claims she lost her job for refusing to fire a perfume saleswoman her boss considered unattractive. Full Story
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| Sony Tries to Trademark 'Shock and Awe' |
| A day after U.S. allied forces marched into Iraq, Sony applied for a trademark on the war's catchphrase, "shock and awe," for use as the title of a video game, according to a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Full Story
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| Airport Retailers Struggle With Slump |
| Getting people to fly is hard enough these days. Getting them to buy at the airport, too, isn't any easier. Full Story
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| Closing Dow Jones Averages |
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| GE Reports Jump in First-Quarter Profits |
| General Electric Co. reported Friday its first-quarter profit rose 20 percent as a majority of its businesses posted double-digit growth in earnings. Full Story
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