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01/6/2011
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Jobless claims up, underlying trend still down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for jobless benefits moved higher last week, but a decline in the four-week average to a nearly 2-1/2 year low indicated a trend toward better labor market conditions remained intact. | Full Article
Blizzard, shopper angst hurt December retail sales
January 06, 2011 09:16 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many top U.S. retailers missed Wall Street's expectations for December sales, hurt by a post-Christmas blizzard on the East Coast and shoppers returning to their cautious ways after flocking to stores after Thanksgiving. | Full Article
BP, Transocean shares shrug off U.S. oil spill report
January 06, 2011 06:50 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BP and Transocean rose on Thursday as investors bet a new U.S. Presidential panel report that spread the blame for the country's worst-ever oil spill meant the firms would avoid the massive costs of a gross negligence charge. | Full Article
LinkedIn plans to go public in 2011: sources
January 06, 2011 08:18 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, plans to go public in 2011 and has selected its financial underwriters, three sources familiar with the process told Reuters. | Full Article
China to buy 6 billion euros of Spanish debt: report
January 06, 2011 04:51 AM ET
MADRID (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said his country is willing to buy about 6 billion euros ($7.9 billion) of Spain's public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources. | Full Article
BUSINESS NEWS
Wall Street to open up on econ hopes, retailers weigh
January 06, 2011 09:25 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street was set up for a positive start on Thursday after an uptick in jobless claims failed to derail sentiment following surprisingly strong data on jobs creation in the last session. | Full Article
Obama renominates MIT economist Diamond for Fed Board
January 05, 2011 10:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renominated economist and Nobel laureate Peter Diamond to the Federal Reserve Board, sticking with a pick that has already been thwarted by Senate Republicans twice. | Full Article
Starbucks cuts name and "coffee" from logo
January 06, 2011 09:35 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp , the world's biggest coffee chain, unveiled a new logo on Wednesday that omits its name and the word "coffee", infuriating loyal customers. | Full Article
RIM announces 4G tablet, touts corporate interest
January 06, 2011 12:42 AM ET
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Corporate interest in Research in Motion's new tablet was "massive," the company said, as it announced plans to launch a 4G version of the device this summer with Sprint Nextel. | Full Article
China says yuan not main cause of Sino-U.S. trade imbalance
January 06, 2011 06:57 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - The yuan exchange rate is not the main cause of the trade imbalance between China and the United States, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. | Full Article
HEALTH NEWS
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