Market Update Close: Fear of missing out on a year-end rally, coupled with benign inflation data and decent retail sales led to broad-based jubilation, as every sector rang in day one of December with a gain. Before the bell, reports that showed modest increases in consumer spending and income, without triggering inflationary pressures, underpinned a favorable bias. While anticipation of new fund inflows on the first trading day of the month conceivably helped improve underlying sentiment following three days of consolidation, above average volumes definitely provided some need conviction behind an...
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JESSICA'S DIVA DEMANDS
Jessica Simpson, 25, likes to act clueless, but she can swing her celebrity weight like a pro. According to a studio source, weeks before the press tour for The Dukes of Hazzard began, "we were bombarded with a six-page pamphlet of demands for Jessica from the office of her dad, Joe Simpson." Among Jessica's requests: paid accommodations for her hairstylist and assistant in the same hotel as Jessica; a wardrobe budget estimated in the thousands of dollars; cases of Evian water; and paid private... •JEN FREAKS OVER ANGELINA'S NEW BABY •JULIA STILES, GWYNETH PALTROW AND MORE!
N.C. Gov Denies Clemency for Inmate The execution chamber at Central prison in Raleigh, N.C.,is seen Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005 and is where Kenneth Lee Boyd is scheduled to be executed Friday at 2 a.m. for the murder of his estranged wife and her father. Boyd will be the 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
9:56 pm PT TechTeam Global and Ford Motor announce renewal of global support service contract (TEAM) 9.57 :Co announces a contract renewal with Ford Motor (F) to provide single-point-of-contact support services for clients who utilize Ford Motor's IT products and services. This contract encompasses help-desk support, desktop support, and program management services for Ford Motor, Ford Financial, and Ford Motor's Premier Auto Group.
9:32 pm PT CSG Systems enters into new multi-year contract with Echostar Communications (CSGS) 23.89 :Co announces that it has extended its agreement with EchoStar (DISH). In the new three-year agreement, CSG will continue to serve as the billing and customer care software solutions provider supporting EchoStar's 11-plus million video subscribers of DISH Network satellite TV service.
9:26 pm PT MetLife Chairman and chief executive officer Robert H. Benmosche sets retirement date (MET) 51.63 :Co announces that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert H. Benmosche will retire as CEO on March 1, 2006, and as Chairman of the Board on April 25, 2006, following the co's annual shareholder meeting. The board has elected C. Robert Henrikson, MetLife's President and Chief Operating Officer, to succeed Benmosche as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
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