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A Swiss investment bank won't pay anything to acquire Enron Corp.'s energy trading business.

Retail sales edged down by a smaller-than-expected 0.1 percent in December as consumers showed resilience in the face of the recession and rising unemployment.

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. would pay out an extra $634 million to key employees as an incentive to stay on if their merger goes through, both companies disclosed Monday.

Samsonite Corp. has been removed from the Nasdaq Stock Market because of declining market capitalization, the company said Monday.

The federal government announced Monday a program that encourages construction contractors to exceed federal workplace safety requirements at temporary work sites.

Several former Enron executives launched a new company Monday to market energy services to small and medium-sized businesses.

Investors succumbed to worries about earnings and sold stocks sharply lower Monday while they awaited fourth-quarter results that will begin in earnest this week.

Microsoft Corp. added 980,000 MSN Internet access subscribers in the last three months of 2001, bringing its total to 7.7 million subscribers, the company said Tuesday.

Athens' only air passenger service intends to halt flights between Athens-Ben Epps Aiport and Charlotte, N.C., on April 14.

Delta Air Lines said Monday it has resumed allowing children to fly by themselves on direct and connecting flights.