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Good Morning Aron, FRI 17 Sep 2010    Stock futures rise after strong tech earnings Oracle profit beats Street forecasts Warren vows end to "tricks" with consumer agency Johnson & Johnson aims to buy vaccine maker Crucell RIM results top forecasts as shares jump Japan to seek global understanding on yen: finance minister Gold at record peaks ECB officials point to need to act on banking issues Citigroup to sell stake in Student Loan: report Judge clears Mozilo case for trial Asia shares higher, eyes on yen Apple launches iPad in China Tech giants beat forecasts Stock futures rise after strong tech earnings September 17, 2010 08:17 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Friday as solid reports from technology bellwethers Oracle and Research In Motion put the S&P 500 on track to test a key level that has stymied investors for months. Full Article Oracle profit beats Street forecasts September 17, 2010 08:03 AM ET SEATTLE (Reuters) - Oracle Corp posted a 25 percent surge in software sales that sharply beat forecasts and a pickup in its new hardware business, underscoring robust tech spending by corporations and boosting its shares more than 4 percent. Full Article Warren vows end to "tricks" with consumer agency September 17, 2010 08:04 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren said on Friday she accepted the job of setting up a consumer financial protection agency for U.S. President Barack Obama and declared that the time for financial "tricks and traps" was over. Full Article Johnson & Johnson aims to buy vaccine maker Crucell September 17, 2010 05:56 AM ET AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. health care company Johnson & Johnson , looking to catapult itself into the global vaccine market, is in talks to pay 1.75 billion euros ($2.3 billion) to buy Dutch biotech Crucell . Full Article RIM results top forecasts as shares jump September 17, 2010 07:51 AM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported stronger-than-expected profit, revenue and shipments on Thursday, defying expectations it would lose more ground to Apple and other rivals. Full Article Japan to seek global understanding on yen: finance minister September 17, 2010 05:40 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will try to dispel international criticism of its yen-selling intervention by highlighting the damaging impact of the currency's climb on an economy mired in deflation, the finance minister said on Friday. Full Article Gold at record peaks September 17, 2010 08:10 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Gold leapt to a record high on Friday as a weaker dollar and growing speculation of further quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve prompted a flurry in investment buying. Full Article ECB officials point to need to act on banking issues September 17, 2010 06:52 AM ET VIENNA (Reuters) - The financial crisis is not over and governments have more to do to pull banks off state support, although no euro zone country should default on its debt, European Central Bank officials said on Friday. Full Article Citigroup to sell stake in Student Loan: report September 17, 2010 05:41 AM ET BANGALORE (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is expected to announce a deal to unload its unit Student Loan Corp as early as Friday, The New York Post reported. Full Article Judge clears Mozilo case for trial September 17, 2010 12:51 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received the go-ahead to take former Countrywide Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo and two other former executives of the mortgage company to trial, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled on Thursday. Full Article

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