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Good Morning Aron, MON 08 Feb 2010 
 
Stock futures rise as earnings offset debt woes
Toyota readies global Prius recall
CIT sets John Thain's salary at $6 million per year
CVS Caremark profit tops view
Alongside gags, Super Bowl ads plumb male psyche
Xstrata reinstates dividend, upbeat on outlook
SMFG Q3 profit surges, keeps forecast
Surprise CEO exit puts SAP shares under pressure
IBM begins Power server upgrade to battle HP, Sun
G7 talk on Greece fails to soothe investors, euro dips


Stock futures rise as earnings offset debt woes
February 08, 2010 08:23 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures turned higher on Monday as positive quarterly results from companies including CVS Caremark Corp offset nagging worries about euro zone sovereign debt issues.

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Toyota readies global Prius recall
February 08, 2010 08:28 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is preparing a recall of its new Prius hybrid car in Japan as early as Tuesday, followed by similar steps in the United States, Europe and other markets, a source familiar with its plans said.

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CIT sets John Thain's salary at $6 million per year
February 08, 2010 07:18 AM ET
(Reuters) - CIT Group Inc said its new chief executive John Thain will get an annual salary of $6 million, mostly in restricted stock.

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CVS Caremark profit tops view
February 08, 2010 07:58 AM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp posted a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Monday as it began to attract more business to its pharmacy benefits management unit.

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Alongside gags, Super Bowl ads plumb male psyche
February 07, 2010 11:23 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sidestepping the usual slapstick comedy and animal tricks, a number of advertisers tried to score during Sunday's Super Bowl with commercials that tapped into men's ambivalence with their everyday lives.

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Xstrata reinstates dividend, upbeat on outlook
February 08, 2010 04:33 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Mining group Xstrata reinstated dividends on Monday citing an encouraging outlook for commodities demand in the medium term after posting an expected 41 percent fall in 2009 profit on weaker metals prices.

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SMFG Q3 profit surges, keeps forecast
February 08, 2010 04:16 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan's third-biggest bank by assets, outshone it larger rivals and posted its biggest profit in seven quarters on Monday, helped by an improvement in its stock portfolio and a decline in bad loans.

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Surprise CEO exit puts SAP shares under pressure
February 08, 2010 06:55 AM ET
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The abrupt resignation of SAP AG's chief executive Leo Apotheker put pressure on the group's stock on Monday as the market sought direction on where the world's largest business-software company is headed.

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IBM begins Power server upgrade to battle HP, Sun
February 08, 2010 12:21 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc.

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G7 talk on Greece fails to soothe investors, euro dips
February 08, 2010 07:47 AM ET
TORONTO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The euro and growth-linked currencies fell on Monday as investors unwound risky trades amid growing worries about eurozone's debt problems, dismissing assurances from European finance ministers at the weekend.

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