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Now the real work begins
Now that The St. Paul Cos. and Travelers Property Casualty Corp. have completed their nearly $18 billion merger, the real work begins.
BY SHERYL JEAN / Pioneer Press

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Gains on slowdown
( BY JIM MCCARTNEY, Pioneer Press, 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

Google Gmail banks on goodwill
( BY LESLIE BROOKS SUZUKAMO, Pioneer Press, 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

Pension deal likely to die in Senate
( BY JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press, 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

March sales up at Ford, GM, Nissan
( BY JOHN PORRETTO, Associated Press, 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

30-year mortgage rate edges up to 5.52%
( BY JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press, 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

TOP NATIONAL BUSINESS STORY

Dow index boots AT&T;, International Paper, Kodak
Dow Jones & Co. is reshuffling its benchmark industrial average for the first time in more than four years, ousting AT&T; Corp., International Paper Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. in favor of financial services company American International Group Inc., telephone carrier Verizon Communications and drugmaker Pfizer Inc.
By MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ / Associated Press

BY THE NUMBERS

ECONOMIC REPORT: Manufacturing index shows March rebound
( 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

MARKET REPORT: Reports offer slight investor incentive
( 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

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BUSINESS BRIEFINGS

REGIONAL: Boston Scientific wins stent patent case
( 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

NATIONAL: Dow reshuffles, adds AIG, Verizon, Pfizer
( 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)

INTERNATIONAL: Trade in 55 nations cited
( 04/02/2004 03:01 AM CST)