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The company may delay the first deliveries by at least six more months due to a recent strike by union workers and other production glitches.

Investors are worried that Friday's employment report will show a further deterioration in the job market.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says November same-store sales rose 3.4 percent thanks to consumers shopping more ahead of the holidays as gas prices dropped.

Viacom says it will slash about 850 jobs and freeze some senior-level raises in a move to weather the global economic downturn. It will take a pretax restructuring charge of $400 million to $450 million in the fourth quarter.

Shares of Mattel are soaring today after a big court victory for the toy giant that could leave a lot of young girls upset.