Yahoo! News: Business
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                  as of Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:06:17 GMT

    Fannie Mae extends accounting probe (Reuters)

Reuters - Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae , whose accounting problems
 are expected to result in a multibillion-dollar profit restatement, on
 Thursday said its investigation now included an assessment of
 accounting for insurance policies.

    Stock futures signal flat open (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures pointed to a nearly flat market opening on
 Thursday, with news of Internet equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc.'s 
 lower profit and a possible strike at General Motors Corp.'s  main auto
 parts supplier expected to weigh on the market.

    Yahoo backs off bidding for AOL stake (Reuters)

Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc  has backed out of the
 running to buy a stake in Time Warner Inc.'s  America Online (AOL)
 Internet unit.

    Cisco posts lower profit (Reuters)

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc.  on Wednesday reported a slightly lower
 quarterly profit as it expensed stock options compensation for the
 first time and disappointed investors with a revenue forecast below
 expectations, pushing its shares down in after-hours trade.

    Economic outlook weakens in OECD gauge (Reuters)

Reuters - The economic outlook looks weaker for the United States and
 Canada but brighter for the other Group of Seven leading industrialized
 nations, an early warning indicator issued by the OECD think tank
 showed on Thursday.

    French Economy Rebounds Strongly in 3Q (AP)

AP - The French economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.7 percent in
 the third quarter, national statistics agency Insee said Thursday, in a
 sign that the recovery is gathering pace.

    Stock futures signal flat open (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures pointed to a nearly flat market opening on
 Thursday, with news of Internet equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc.'s 
 lower profit and a possible strike at General Motors Corp.'s  main auto
 parts supplier expected to weigh on the market.

    Acorn Harvests More Mid-Cap Ideas (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Frank McQuaid worked for legendary mutual
 fund manager Ralph Wanger for 25 years, first as an analyst, helping
 pick technology, telecom and media stocks, then as co-manager of
 Columbia Acorn Fund.

    Activist Posts Anti-Wal-Mart Ad Online (AP)

AP - A leading critic of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched an Internet ad
 campaign Wednesday that uses publicity around recent Republican legal
 troubles to allege the world's largest retailer is morally corrupt in
 how it treats its 1.3 million U.S. employees.

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