Yahoo! News: Business
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                  as of Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:51:45 GMT

    Pepsi Bottling quarterly profit rises (Reuters)

Reuters - Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. , the largest bottler of Pepsi
 drinks, on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 7.3 percent on strong
 demand for Aquafina water and Tropicana juice and a gain from settling
 a lawsuit.

    Stock futures flat; consumer data awaited (Reuters)

Reuters - Stock futures pointed to a flat market open on Tuesday before
 investors receive their first reading on consumer confidence after
 Hurricane Katrina's devastation sent gasoline prices sharply higher.

    Merchants sue Visa, MasterCard, banks (Reuters)

Reuters - Four merchant groups have filed an antitrust lawsuit against
 Visa USA, MasterCard Inc. and dozens of major banks, saying they
 colluded to set excessive credit card fees.

    IP nets $1.14 bln proceeds in sale (Reuters)

Reuters - International Paper Co.  on Tuesday said proceeds from the
 sale of its 50.5 percent stake in New Zealand's Carter Holt Harvey  to
 Rank Group Investments totaled US$1.14 billion.

    SEC steps up and widens probe into Taser (Reuters)

Reuters - Taser International Inc.  on Tuesday said U.S. securities
 regulators have stepped up their investigation into the stun gun maker
 and have expanded the probe into new activities.

    German Business Confidence Rise in Sept. (AP)

AP - German business confidence improved unexpectedly in September, but
 executives' outlook appeared to darken after the country's election
 failed to produce a conclusive result, a closely watched survey showed
 Tuesday.

    Stock futures flat; consumer data awaited (Reuters)

Reuters - Stock futures pointed to a flat market open on Tuesday before
 investors receive their first reading on consumer confidence after
 Hurricane Katrina's devastation sent gasoline prices sharply higher.

    Nu Skin says to absorb rising costs (Reuters)

Reuters - Nu Skin, a direct seller of skin care products, expects to
 shoulder rising costs for raw materials such as packaging to avoid
 increasing prices for its customers, the head of its flagship division
 said on Monday.

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