Reuters - Stocks fell sharply on Friday,
extending a two-day slide as a jump in import prices fanned
inflation fears and weaker crude oil prices hurt energy stocks
such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
Microsoft agrees to extend Windows code licensing
(Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has agreed
to extend one of the key provisions of its landmark 2002
antitrust settlement with the U.S. government, the Justice
Department said on Friday.
GM's Hummer H1 reaches end of the road
(Reuters) Reuters - General Motors Corp. said on Friday it
will stop building the gas-guzzling Hummer H1 truck, a
military-style status symbol with poor sales, and focus its
resources instead on better-selling vehicles.
Reuters - Japanese Web and telecom
conglomerate Softbank Corp. (9984.T) is working with Apple
Computer Inc. to develop mobile telephones with
built-in iPod music players, Nikkei reported on Friday.
Reuters - Wachovia Corp. , whose market
value has fallen $7.6 billion since it agreed to buy Golden
West Financial Corp. , on Friday defended the purchase
in an unusual and lengthy conference call intended to soothe
skeptical analysts and investors.
