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| Good Morning Aron | | First-quarter GDP revised up to 1.9 percent | June 24, 2011 08:37 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth was revised modestly higher in the first quarter to account for a slightly faster pace of restocking by businesses and a smaller increase in imports, government data showed on Friday, but remained anemic. | Full Article | Banks discuss new Greek rollover plan | June 24, 2011 08:06 AM ET | LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European banks and finance officials are discussing a proposal to replace existing Greek debt with a different type of bond to get around ratings agencies' reservations about a planned rollover, two senior European banking sources said on Friday. | Full Article | EU appoints Draghi to ECB | June 24, 2011 07:59 AM ET | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders appointed Italy's Mario Draghi as the next president of the European Central Bank on Friday but it was unclear whether another Italian on the ECB's Executive Board would step down to smooth the process. | Full Article | Asia moves to tap oil reserves | June 24, 2011 06:45 AM ET | TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian nations moved to release emergency oil stockpiles on Friday as part of a rare global coordinated action by consumer countries to prevent high energy prices from stunting a stuttering economic recovery. | Full Article | | | US TOP NEWS | Athens struggles to win backing for austerity plan | June 24, 2011 08:25 AM ET | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government faces an electorate vehemently opposed to austerity measures which must be passed in parliament next week to avert default, but progress is being made in persuading banks to take part in a second bailout. | Full Article | Exclusive: Deutsche's firing of top trader sparks probe | June 24, 2011 02:12 AM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the fall of 2009, Deutsche Bank quietly fired one of its top derivative traders in London after a colleague in New York complained about finding "substantial trading anomalies" in a multibillion dollar portfolio of high-risk credit default swaps managed by the German-based bank, Reuters has learned. | Full Article | Obama eyes investments in technology manufacturing | June 24, 2011 06:38 AM ET | PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will launch an initiative on Friday to develop new manufacturing jobs by teaming government up with companies and universities to invest more than $500 million in advanced technologies. | 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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