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Current headlines from MSNBC.com: Business:
- Nontraditional tenants filling up vacant malls
Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks. Maybe a local library between the Victoria's Secret and the Gap.
- Bank fined over rogue trader scandal
France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading losses announced earlier this year.
- Jobs that earn a surprising six-figures
To marketing majors everywhere: There's a six-figure job waiting for you at the casino.
- U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June
Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy’s fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent.
- GM bankruptcy described as unlikely
Times are certainly tough for GM, which saw its stock fall to a 54-year low. But while one analyst said bankruptcy is a possibility, others said that outcome is unlikely.
- Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity.
- Job losses add to consumer worries
As they cope with rising food and energy costs and declining home values, more Americans took another financial hit in June: the loss of their paycheck.
- Stocks end abbreviated trading session mixed
Stocks ended a shortened trading session mixed Thursday amid news of a contraction in the nation’s services sector and a mostly tame reading on employment.
- YouTube must give Viacom video user logs
A federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips.
- SportsBiz: Bull riding goes mainstream
The growth of PBR – the bull riding league founded in 1992, not the beer – has thrust it into the public consciousness, even if it’s not yet center stage among pro sports.
- Utah is going to a 4-day workweek
In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs, Utah is about to become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees.
- Newsweek: Higher gas prices could kill the suburbs
- GM may bring new mini car to U.S.
General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for the United States as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars linked to high gas prices.
- ConsumerMan: Get a cheap cell headset
If you want to drive and talk on the phone you must use a hands-free device. A headset can set you back $100. But you don’t have to pay anywhere near that if you know where to shop.
- Continental charged in Concorde crash
A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said.
- Struggling Starbucks’ woes could get worse
If economic woes continue, some say things could go from bad to worse for Starbucks, which this week announced plans to close 600 U.S. stores.
- European Central Bank raises rates
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time in more than a year to combat escalating inflation in the 15 countries that use the euro.
- Service sector contracts as orders fall
Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores.
Headlines last updated at Jul 05, 2008 19:42:15pm.
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