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 | Good Morning Aron | | LATEST NEWS | Wall Street eyes best week in a year | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were poised to record their best week in nearly a year on Friday as index futures ticked higher and investors looked ahead to key national manufacturing data, with confidence growing that the economic slowdown could be temporary. | Full Article | | Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources | July 01, 2011 06:06 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make a decision until contentious negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling are completed, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. | Full Article | Lehman says new bankruptcy plan gets wider support | July 01, 2011 07:57 AM ET | BANGALORE (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said its second amended $65 billion bankruptcy liquidation plan won support from thirty institutions and affiliates, possibly setting the stage for the end of the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history. | Full Article | |  | US TOP NEWS | Venezuela army assures calm after Chavez surgery | July 01, 2011 08:01 AM ET | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's army chief said on Friday there is no threat to the nation's constitutional order as President Hugo Chavez's revelation of cancer surgery shakes the political system he has dominated since 1999. | Full Article | Rockets push back rebels south of Libyan capital | July 01, 2011 08:15 AM ET | BIR-AYYAD, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels who had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold in the capital were forced to retreat on Friday after coming under a barrage of rocket fire from government forces. | Full Article | Cyber attacks outpace global response, U.S. warns | July 01, 2011 06:39 AM ET | VIENNA (Reuters) - The technical sophistication of cybercriminals is swamping the world's ability to cope, a top U.S. official warned on Friday, demanding an accelerated cross-border campaign to combat the security threat. | 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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 | Good Morning Aron |  | LATEST NEWS | Case against Strauss-Kahn near collapse: sources | NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - The sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was near collapse, sources said on Thursday, raising the prospect of his dramatic return to France's presidential election race. | Full Article | | Chavez cancer upends Venezuelan politics | July 01, 2011 05:39 AM ET | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez acknowledged he had surgery for cancer, shaking the political system he has dominated for more than a decade and alarming supporters counting on him to win re-election in 2012. | Full Article | Stock index futures signal mixed open | July 01, 2011 04:56 AM ET | (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to Wall Street opening little changed on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, while futures for the Dow Jones were up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq futures were flat by 0830 GMT. | Full Article | NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle | June 30, 2011 12:13 PM ET | MIAMI (Reuters) - When the United States embarked on its shuttle program decades ago, it set out to build a workhorse vehicle that would make space travel routine and beat the Soviets during the Cold War struggle for dominance in space. | Full Article | NBA opts to lock out players as talks collapse | June 30, 2011 05:44 PM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The NBA will lock out its players at midnight on Thursday as last-ditch negotiations over a new labor deal collapsed hours before the current agreement expires, the league and union representing its players said. | Full Article | Turtles crossing runway cause flight delays | June 30, 2011 12:54 PM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed shortly on Wednesday when about 150 diamondback terrapin turtles were spotted crossing a runway, authorities said. | Full Article | | |  | 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 | | | |
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