Yahoo! News: Business
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                  as of Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:05:45 GMT

    General Motors board votes to halve dividend: paper (Reuters)

Reuters - General Motors' board of directors has voted to halve the
 struggling U.S. automaker's $2 per share annual dividend, industry
 paper Automotive News reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the
 board.

    Coca-Cola profit falls on marketing costs, charge (Reuters)

Reuters - Coca-Cola Co. , the world's biggest soft-drink maker, on
 Tuesday posted a lower fourth-quarter profit, weighed down by higher
 marketing costs and charges to repatriate foreign earnings.

    Boston Scientific quarterly net earnings rise (Reuters)

Reuters - Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp.  on Tuesday said
 quarterly net earnings rose despite slower sales of its heart stents to
 treat clogged arteries.

    Emerson profit tops expectations, forecast strong (Reuters)

Reuters - Diversified manufacturer Emerson Electric Co.  on Tuesday
 posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on strong demand across
 its global businesses and said full-year earnings would beat Wall
 Street estimates.

    Stock futures fall as home builder cuts forecast (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday after home builder Toll
 Brothers Inc.  cut its forecast for home sales, prompting concerns
 about the economy which has drawn strength from a robust housing
 sector.

    Chain store sales post Super Bowl rise: report (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. chain store sales rose in the latest week as consumers
 stocked up ahead of the Super Bowl and continued to snatch up seasonal
 clearance items, according to a report on Tuesday.

    Stock futures fall as home builder cuts forecast (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday after home builder Toll
 Brothers Inc.  cut its forecast for home sales, prompting concerns
 about the economy which has drawn strength from a robust housing
 sector.

    Bush's Budget Plan Caters To Defense, Targets Medicare (Investor's
     Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Just days after a bitterly divided Congress
 voted to curb entitlement spending for the first time in years,
 President Bush on Monday proposed $36 billion in cost savings in
 Medicare.

    Toys R Us names ex-Target exec Storch as CEO (Reuters)

Reuters - Toys R Us Inc. on Tuesday named former Target Corp.  vice
 chairman Gerald Storch as chairman and chief executive officer.

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