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date: 2006-02-17 07:48:30
subject: Business News Headlines

Yahoo! News: Business
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                  as of Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:38:29 GMT

    Producer prices rise more than expected (Reuters)

Reuters - Rising prices for electricity, food and autos pushed U.S.
 producer prices up 0.3 percent in January while prices outside of food
 and energy climbed 0.4 percent - twice market expectations and the
 fastest wholesale inflation in a year, a government report showed on
 Friday.

    Stock futures sag after Dell forecast; PPI eyed (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures were lower on Friday, indicating a weaker
 market open, as crude oil prices rose more than a dollar and investors
 were disappointed by the outlook from computer maker Dell Inc.

    Sirius posts bigger loss; subscribers jump (Reuters)

Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Friday posted a wider quarterly
 loss, on increased marketing costs, but subscribers rose sharply in the
 run-up to the launch of a new show by ribald radio host Howard Stern.

    Time Warner CEO says looking at Univision: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Time Warner Inc.  Chief Executive Richard Parsons is looking
 at Univision Communications Inc.  as the Spanish-language broadcaster
 considers a sale, according to an interview published in the Wall
 Street Journal on Friday.

    RadioShack profit falls 62 pct; to close stores (Reuters)

Reuters - RadioShack Corp.  on Friday said quarterly profit fell 62
 percent, hurt by weak sales of high-margin products and a change in
 wireless service providers that led to a large inventory write-down.

    Wholesale Inflation Moderates in January (AP)

AP - Prices at the wholesale level rose moderately in January as a big
 drop in gasoline costs helped to offset price increases in other areas.

    Stock futures sag after Dell forecast; PPI eyed (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures were lower on Friday, indicating a weaker
 market open, as crude oil prices rose more than a dollar and investors
 were disappointed by the outlook from computer maker Dell Inc.

    It's Tough To Be Consistently On Top (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - It's an accomplishment for a mutual fund
 manager to have a good year, beating the market and most of his peers.
 But it's much harder to do that year in and year out.

    RadioShack 4Q Earnings Drop 62 Percent (AP)

AP - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said fourth-quarter
 earnings dropped 62 percent and said it plans to close 400 to 700
 underperforming stores and distribution centers in Charleston, S.C.,
 and Southhaven, Miss., as part of a plan to improve its financial
 performance.

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