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 | | Good Morning Aron, | WED 30 Dec 2009 | | | |  |  | |  | |  | |  |  | 
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|  | December 30, 2009 07:55 AM ET  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Wednesday, taking a cue from a decline in global markets, as investors found little reason to propel stocks higher as the market's solid year draws to a close.  | |  |  | December 30, 2009 07:57 AM ET  | AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - General Motors has extended a December 31 deadline for bids for its Swedish car brand Saab, which will restart some production lines in January after a shutdown, Saab said on Wednesday.  | |  |  | December 30, 2009 05:08 AM ET  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - GMAC Financial Services is close to getting about $3.5 billion in added aid from the U.S. government, on top of the $12.5 billion already received since December 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported.  | |  |  |  | December 30, 2009 06:34 AM ET  | ZURICH (Reuters) - International air passenger and freight demand rose in November, a clear sign of global economic recovery, although the improvement was accentuated by the sharp fall in traffic at the end of 2008.  | |  |  | December 30, 2009 05:08 AM ET  | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said it aimed for economic growth of more than 2 percent over the next decade, but its long-term plan unveiled on Wednesday lacked detail needed to convince investors the goal is realistic.  | |  |  | December 29, 2009 07:17 PM ET  | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say, as U.S. officials respond to past failures.  | |  |  |  | December 30, 2009 12:51 AM ET  | TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan Airlines Corp tumbled as much as 32 percent to a record low on Wednesday as expectations grew the struggling carrier will be restructured in bankruptcy court as part of a state bailout.  | |  |  |  | December 29, 2009 03:44 PM ET  | BOSTON (Reuters) - The administrator for Lehman Brothers International said on Tuesday that nearly all clients whose assets have been frozen since the investment bank's collapse support a plan to return the money early next year.  | |  |  |  | December 30, 2009 04:47 AM ET  | BEIJING (Reuters) - China will make it easier for foreign investors to start businesses in the country, especially in its western provinces, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.  | |  |  |  | December 30, 2009 07:29 AM ET  | LONDON (Reuters) - Oil held near $79 on Wednesday as cold weather in the United States and an expected fall in both U.S. crude and distillate stocks including heating oil countered a firmer dollar, shoring up prices after a five-day rally.  | | | | |   | | | |

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