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| Good Morning Aron | | LATEST NEWS | Private sector job growth slumps in May | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private-sector payroll growth slowed sharply in May, coming in far below expectations and falling to the lowest level in eight months, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. | Full Article | | Greece nears IMF/EU deal and dismisses drachma talk | June 01, 2011 09:14 AM ET | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece should complete talks by the end of the week with inspectors from the EU and IMF on a medium-term budget plan plus a vital next slice of international aid, sources close to the negotiations said on Wednesday. | Full Article | Debt-limit hike fails in House in symbolic vote | May 31, 2011 07:28 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday defeated a bill to raise the debt limit in a vote staged by Republicans to strengthen their push for deep spending cuts in negotiations with the White House. | Full Article | SAC faces insider trading probe on MedImmune: report | June 01, 2011 07:56 AM ET | (Reuters) - SAC Capital Advisors LP faces an insider trading probe from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the $15 billion takeover of biotechnology firm MedImmune Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. | Full Article | U.N. urges Japan nuclear safety overhaul after Fukushima | June 01, 2011 08:39 AM ET | TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. atomic safety experts said Japan underestimated the threat from a killer wave to its crippled Fukushima power plant and urged sweeping changes to prevent a repeat of the crisis that triggered the word's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. | Full Article | | | BUSINESS NEWS | Macy's May sales beat estimates | June 01, 2011 08:51 AM ET | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Department store operator Macy's Inc posted a 7.4 percent increase in May at stores open at least a year, beating analysts expectations and sending its shares up more than 2 percent. | Full Article | Bombardier says business jet demand picking up | June 01, 2011 09:17 AM ET | BANGALORE (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc reported a 13 percent rise in first-quarter profit as demand for business jets begins to pick up, and said it had received more orders for its new C-Series commercial jetliners, slated to hit the market in 2013. | Full Article | Dollar General misses estimates | June 01, 2011 09:08 AM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dollar General Corp missed Wall Street profit expectations after taking markdowns to clear slow-selling apparel out of its stores, sending shares down about 5 percent. | 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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