http://biz.yahoo.com/top.htmlTop Stories from Yahoo! Financeen-usFri, 9 May 2008 13:39:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/finhome/topstories/apf/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/oil_prices.htmlOil prices neared $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening U.S. dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.yahoo_finance/531095274Fri, 9 May 2008 13:39:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/citigroup_outlook.htmlCitigroup Inc. said Friday it is aiming for 9 percent revenue growth as it looks to rebound from recent struggles tied to deterioration in the mortgage and credit markets.yahoo_finance/1018144902Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:12 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/economy.htmlThe U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending.yahoo_finance/1973712892Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:11 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/wall_street.htmlWall Street is down sharply in early trading as investors digest wider-than-expected losses at a big insurer and as oil climbs further into record territory.yahoo_finance/2892167798Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:10 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/circuit_city_icahn.htmlCircuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it will allow video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc., and its largest shareholder Carl Icahn, to conduct due diligence in connection with Blockbuster's bid to buy the consumer electronics retailer.yahoo_finance/300694771Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:09 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/earns_clear_channel.htmlClear Channel Communications Inc. reported Friday its first-quarter profit soared due to asset sales, an investment gain and higher revenue, but earnings from continuing operations were flat.yahoo_finance/1067268269Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:08 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/ireland_guinness.htmlGuinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013.yahoo_finance/1400263210Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:07 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/indonesia_microsoft_gates.htmlMicrosoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.yahoo_finance/2057905730Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:06 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/earns_american_international_group.htmlAmerican International Group Inc. says it will raise $12.5 billion in the coming months as the insurer looks to shore up a capital base that has been rocked by deterioration in the credit markets.yahoo_finance/1966332003Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:05 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/congress_housing.htmlDemocrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.yahoo_finance/554620412Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:04 Etc/GMT