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Unemployment surge
National jobless figure reaches 6 percent in November.
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Chip cheer
Chip makers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices said fourth-quarter revenue would be a bit better than previously forecast.
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TOP STORY  

   United bankruptcy is `more likely'
United Airlines' unions scurried Friday to craft new wage concessions in an 11th-hour bid to rescue the company, but its chief executive, Glenn Tilton, said Chapter 11 bankruptcy had become ``a more likely outcome'' two days after a federal board rejected the company's bid for a loan guarantee.




FROM THE MERCURY NEWS AND CONTRA COSTA TIMES  

Jobless rate jumps to eight-year high



Lawyer's primer explores frontiers of Internet law



Rivals aren't ready yet to back HP's recycle plan



TECH TICKER



IBM purchases Rational for $2.1 billion



IBM pays $2.1 billion for software company



Friday evening East Bay Biz Buzz: Longs Drug sales showed improvement in November



Microsoft's ploy gives boost to sales of Office software



Bankruptcy likely, CEO tells United






BREAKING NEWS  
Last update: Saturday, Dec 07, 2002

TODAY'S HEADLINES
»Bush ousts O'Neill, Lindsey from jobs - 07:56 AM PST
»United Board to Hold Special Meeting - 08:01 AM PST
»Unemployment rate soars to six percent - 02:54 PM PST
»Chicago Merc stock glows in first trading - 02:29 PM PST
»IBM to Buy Rational Software - 01:28 PM PST
»European Union bans single hull tankers - 01:27 PM PST
»Pfizer shareholders vote to approve $55.5 billion deal for Pharmacia - 12:11 PM PST

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