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Good Morning Aron, THU 13 May 2010 
 
S&P futures rise on Sybase deal
New York AG investigating 8 banks
Jobless claims fell 4,000 last week
SAP to buy rival Sybase for $5.8 billion
Pru gets in principle nod for AIA buy: sources
Portugal agrees on new austerity measures
Special Report: Can that guy in Ironman 2 whip IBM in real life?
Ford, Mazda aim to break up 3-way China JV: sources
BP says oil spill costs $450 million so far
Former Lehman execs launch distressed structured credit fund


S&P futures rise on Sybase deal
May 13, 2010 08:05 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - S&P 500 index futures edged higher on Thursday, reversing an earlier decline, as investors were cheered by a big technology-sector acquisition and Portugal moved to stem its sovereign debt problems.

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New York AG investigating 8 banks
May 13, 2010 07:53 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Attorney General's office is investigating whether eight banks misled ratings agencies about the quality of mortgage securities they were offering, a source familiar with the matter said.

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Jobless claims fell 4,000 last week
May 13, 2010 08:36 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance fell slightly less than expected last week, government data showed on Thursday, while the number of people still drawing benefits unexpectedly rose.

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SAP to buy rival Sybase for $5.8 billion
May 13, 2010 08:12 AM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Germany's SAP AG said it plans to buy smaller business software maker Sybase Inc for $5.8 billion, gaining technology that allows it to deliver accounting software and other programs to smartphones.

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Pru gets in principle nod for AIA buy: sources
May 13, 2010 08:08 AM ET
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - UK regulators have agreed in principle to Prudential Plc's $35.5 billion purchase of AIG's Asian life insurance unit, sources familiar with the situation said, and the British insurer hopes to price its bumper rights issue within days.

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Portugal agrees on new austerity measures
May 13, 2010 08:35 AM ET
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese leaders agreed tough new austerity measures on Thursday, joining a coordinated euro zone push that has so far calmed the markets' worst fears of a Greek-style debt crisis spreading.

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Special Report: Can that guy in Ironman 2 whip IBM in real life?
May 13, 2010 08:34 AM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - In the movie "Ironman 2," Larry Ellison makes a cameo appearance as a billionaire, playboy software magnate. It is a role he knows well. He is playing himself -- chief executive of Oracle Corp, one of Silicon Valley's most enduring, successful and flamboyant figures.

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Ford, Mazda aim to break up 3-way China JV: sources
May 13, 2010 07:54 AM ET
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ford Motor and its China venture partners, Mazda Motor Corp and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co, are seeking Chinese government approval to end their three-way tie up, two sources said on Thursday.

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BP says oil spill costs $450 million so far
May 13, 2010 08:34 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - British oil major BP said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had cost it $450 million so far, an increase of $100 million on the figure reported earlier this week.

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Former Lehman execs launch distressed structured credit fund
May 13, 2010 06:39 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Former Lehman Brothers Asia executives, who headed the bank's structured products division and its syndicate business, have launched their maiden hedge fund investing in distressed structured credit assets, said the partners in the fund firm, Oracle Capital.

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