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 | | | | Good Morning Aron, | TUE 17 Aug 2010 | | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | 
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| | August 17, 2010 08:14 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Tuesday after bellwether retailers Wal-Mart and Home Depot posted-better-than expected quarterly profits, but Wal-Mart cautioned about the strength of the U.S. consumer.
| | | | August 17, 2010 08:02 AM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a drop in U.S. same-store sales and said it would focus on curbing expenses to help boost profits this year as consumer sentiment remains soft.
| | | | August 17, 2010 07:42 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc reported a slightly higher-than-expected quarterly profit on tighter cost controls, but sales missed Wall Street estimates as consumers curbed spending in the grim U.S. economy.
| | | | | August 17, 2010 07:28 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will pick the brains of housing finance leaders on how to fix Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but made one thing clear on Tuesday: there is no going back to their pre-crisis structure.
| | | | August 17, 2010 07:49 AM ET
 | BANGALORE (Reuters) - Potash Corp of Saskatchewan said its board rejected BHP Billiton's unsolicited $38.6 billion offer, terming it as "grossly inadequate," and adopted a shareholder rights plan.
| | | | August 17, 2010 02:06 AM ET
 | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked Tata Teleservices to ensure monitoring capability for BlackBerry services by August 31, the company said on Tuesday.
| | | | | August 17, 2010 01:50 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co has completed the paperwork for an initial public offering, and timing of its filing with the U.S. securities regulators rests with the board of the top U.S. automaker, sources familiar with the process said on Monday.
| | | | | August 17, 2010 07:22 AM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - The house on the 53rd block of South Wood Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards doesn't look like a $355,000 home. There is no front door and most of the windows are boarded up.
| | | | | August 17, 2010 07:12 AM ET
 | MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Santander has renewed talks to merge its U.S. operations with New York regional lender M&T Bank Corp, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, as it resumes its pursuit of the American market.
| | | | | August 17, 2010 05:35 AM ET
 | SEOUL/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Two Asian manufacturers whose wholly owned units were accused of paying kickbacks to get business from Apple Inc said they were investigating the matter, while a third denied engaging in such practices.
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Stock futures rise after Wal-Mart, Home Depot profits
