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| 06/28/2011 |
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| Good Morning Aron | | LATEST NEWS | Futures flat as investors await Greece vote and data | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday as investors were reluctant to make bets after a rally in the previous session and as they waited to see if the Greek parliament would adopt a deeply unpopular austerity plan. | Full Article | | EU warns Greece rejecting austerity means default | June 28, 2011 08:04 AM ET | ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union warned Greek lawmakers on Tuesday their country faced immediate default unless they approve a hated austerity plan, as strikers began new mass protests against the EU/IMF-imposed measures. | Full Article | StanChart keeps lid on costs, heads for record profit | June 28, 2011 03:21 AM ET | HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Staff cuts coupled with growth in Hong Kong and other key Asian markets have put Standard Chartered Plc on track for record profits in the first half of this year, up over 10 percent on a year earlier. | Full Article | Microsoft puts Office in the cloud, confronts Google | June 28, 2011 07:26 AM ET | SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft is making its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of cloud computing this week, as it takes the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite. | Full Article | | | US TOP NEWS | Obama confident debt deal can be struck | June 28, 2011 03:56 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is confident Democrats and Republicans can cut a "significant deal" to trim the U.S. deficit and increase its borrowing limit to avoid a damaging default, the White House said on Monday. | Full Article | Europe's Lagarde set to win top IMF job | June 28, 2011 07:30 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde looks set to emerge on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund's new chief, maintaining the tradition of a European heading the global lender. | Full Article | Pawlenty hits Obama on "Arab spring" | June 28, 2011 12:10 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty will question President Barack Obama's handling of the "Arab spring" movement on Tuesday in what is being billed as a major foreign policy address. | Full Article | Firefighters beat back flames on nuclear lab property | June 28, 2011 04:28 AM ET | SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Firefighters in New Mexico struggled through Monday night to hold back a fierce blaze roaring out of control at the edge of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a sprawling nuclear weapons complex that includes a plutonium facility. | Full Article | | | HEALTH NEWS | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | | | |
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