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Good Morning Aron, WED 06 Jan 2010 
 
Stock futures hold losses after jobs data
Kraft gets 1.52 percent acceptance for Cadbury bid
Private sector shed 84,000 jobs in December
Mortgage demand near six-month low as rates jump
Family Dollar beats Street view, sending shares up
Global financial regulation overhaul seen in 2010
U.S. job cuts shrink to two-year low in December
Senate panel nears agreement on role of Fed
EU visit starts in Greece, Stark says no bailout
Walgreen posts surprise drop in same-store sales


Stock futures hold losses after jobs data
January 06, 2010 08:25 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures held to losses on Wednesday after a report showed the U.S. private sector shed slightly more jobs than forecast in December.

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Kraft gets 1.52 percent acceptance for Cadbury bid
January 06, 2010 05:51 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft said it had a 1.52 percent take-up from Cadbury shareholders for its 10.5 billion pound ($16.8 billion) hostile bid, with analysts saying the U.S. food group will have to raise its offer to win.

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Private sector shed 84,000 jobs in December
January 06, 2010 08:20 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. private employers shed 84,000 jobs in December, fewer than the 145,000 jobs lost in November, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.

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Mortgage demand near six-month low as rates jump
January 06, 2010 07:31 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demand for U.S. mortgages held last week near six-month lows as the highest long-term borrowing costs since August stifled refinancing, a Mortgage Bankers Association survey showed on Wednesday.

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Family Dollar beats Street view, sending shares up
January 06, 2010 07:45 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Family Dollar Stores Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as the discount retailer drew more shoppers, and it forecast earnings for the current quarter above Wall Street estimates.

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Global financial regulation overhaul seen in 2010
January 06, 2010 06:39 AM ET
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Global financial regulation has changed little since the 2008 banking crisis, but that won't be the case much longer.

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U.S. job cuts shrink to two-year low in December
January 06, 2010 07:39 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in December to their lowest level in two years as economic activity began picking up steam, capping off the worst year for corporate job cuts since 2002, a report on Wednesday showed.

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Senate panel nears agreement on role of Fed
January 06, 2010 06:50 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Congress moves to reform U.S. financial regulation, key senators are nearing bipartisan agreement on stripping the Federal Reserve of its authority to supervise banks, two people familiar with the matter said.

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EU visit starts in Greece, Stark says no bailout
January 06, 2010 07:14 AM ET
ATHENS/MILAN (Reuters) - EU officials arrived in Greece on Wednesday for an inspection visit, hours after ECB Executive Board member Juergen Stark was quoted as saying the bloc would not bail out Greece if its debt problem worsened.

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Walgreen posts surprise drop in same-store sales
January 06, 2010 08:19 AM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walgreen Co said sales at its drugstores open for at least a year unexpectedly fell 0.3 percent in December, as fewer customers came in and spent less when they did shop.

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