Yahoo! News - Business http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=1885 Yahoo! News - Business en-us Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:56:11 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142.gif Tyco Case Ends in Mistrial (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/bs_nm/crime_kozlowski_dc nm/20040402/crime_kozlowski_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:03:50 GMT Reuters - The corruption trial of two former Tyco International Ltd. executives ended in a mistrial on Friday after an apparent holdout juror received a threatening letter, leaving the judge with "no choice" but to halt the 12-day-old deliberations. Stocks Rally, After Spike in Job Growth (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc nm/20040402/markets_stocks_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:51:50 GMT Reuters - Stocks ended higher on Friday, driving the major market indexes to their biggest weekly percentage gains since October 2003, after a key report showed U.S. employment grew at its fastest pace in almost four years last month. March Job Growth Stuns Market (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/bs_nm/economy_dc nm/20040402/economy_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:05:32 GMT Reuters - U.S. employment rose last month at the fastest pace in nearly four years as hiring jumped in a wide array of industries, the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. Job Shock Hits Mortgage, Home Stocks (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/bs_nm/markets_mortgages_stocks_dc nm/20040402/markets_mortgages_stocks_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:56:11 GMT Reuters - The U.S. economy's surprising addition of 308,000 jobs in March might make it more expensive to own a home, industry experts warned on Friday. Sun, Microsoft Settle; Take Aim at Linux (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/bs_nm/tech_sun_dc nm/20040402/tech_sun_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 19:39:21 GMT Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) on Friday settled their bitter antitrust battles, uniting the two rivals to take on the increasingly popular Linux operating system. New Jobs Surge by 308,000, Unemployment Up (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040402/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy ap/20040402/economy Fri, 02 Apr 2004 22:34:30 GMT AP - After months of dismal job growth, the nation's employers dusted off their help-wanted signs in March and added workers at the quickest pace in four years, swelling payrolls by 308,000. Stocks Rally, After Spike in Job Growth (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc nm/20040402/markets_stocks_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:51:50 GMT Reuters - Stocks ended higher on Friday, driving the major market indexes to their biggest weekly percentage gains since October 2003, after a key report showed U.S. employment grew at its fastest pace in almost four years last month. GAO Says Most Firms Pay No Income Tax (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/bs_nm/congress_tax_dc nm/20040402/congress_tax_dc Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:40:19 GMT Reuters - Most firms operating in the United States paid no U.S. income tax at all in the years 1996 to 2000, according to a study by the U.S. Government Accounting Office released on Friday. Marks & Spencer Considering Job Cuts (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040402/ap_on_bi_ge/marks___spencer ap/20040402/marks___spencer Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:02:33 GMT AP - Retailer Marks & Spencer said Friday it could cut as many as 1,000 jobs in its headquarters and financial services operations in the next two years. Current Events (Forbes.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/fo/20040402/bs_fo/1ecd5edf8522de7e5a225af97e2caf58 fo/20040402/1ecd5edf8522de7e5a225af97e2caf58 Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:16:10 GMT Forbes.com - In 2003 a Chinese physician traveling from Guangdong, China to a hotel in Hong Kong infected some tourists from Singapore and Toronto staying at the hotel, thus spreading the SARS virus worldwide. SARS infected more than 8,000 persons in 30 countries and caused more than 900 deaths. The virus has been traced to civet cats, a culinary delicacy in Guangdong. When SARS reappeared in Guangdong this winter, people were justifiably confident that health authorities had the experience to isolate and contain it.