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August 25, 2010 08:05 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Wednesday as weakness in equities markets overseas kept traders cautious ahead of upcoming U.S. data on durable goods orders and home sales.
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August 25, 2010 08:36 AM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose far less than expected in July and, excluding transportation equipment, posted their largest decline in 1-1/2 years, according to a government report on Wednesday that pointed to a slowdown in manufacturing.
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August 25, 2010 08:21 AM ET
 | MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, tried to dampen expectations it would substantially raise its hostile $39 billion bid for Potash Corp as bumper results showed it has plenty of firepower.
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August 25, 2010 08:10 AM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc bested Wall Street expectations and reported its first profit in three years on Wednesday, helped by tax benefits and lower writedowns on land values.
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August 25, 2010 08:14 AM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Spectrem millionaire investor confidence index fell to its lowest level in more than a year in August as wealthy U.S. investors worried about politics and unemployment, according to Spectrem Group.
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August 25, 2010 12:02 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central bankers from around the world will assess a darkening economic outlook at their annual U.S. mountain retreat this week with discussion of printing yet more money to spur growth on the agenda.
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August 25, 2010 07:52 AM ET
 | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is not ruling out market intervention to curb the yen's rise, government sources said on Wednesday, sending the strongest signal yet that the currency's march toward all-time highs may spur Tokyo into action.
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August 25, 2010 06:18 AM ET
| DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's government faced mounting pressure on Wednesday to put a final price on bailing out its banks after a credit rating cut from Standard & Poor's pushed its borrowing costs higher.
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August 25, 2010 08:01 AM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials like to say they have plenty of tools left in their policy arsenal to deal with a weakening economy.
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August 25, 2010 04:22 AM ET
 | ZHENGZHOU, China (Reuters) - In a vast muddy cornfield scarred with the tracks of heavy vehicles, two young engineers pore over a construction blueprint showing a grid of 100 rectangular factory blocks.
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Stock futures lower ahead of durables orders, home sales
