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August 20, 2010 07:58 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Friday, tracking global equity markets lower as weaker-than-expected economic data reinforced fears of a faltering recovery.
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August 20, 2010 08:19 AM ET
 | LONDON (Reuters) - BHP Billiton Group announced commencement of all cash-offer to acquire Potashcorp.
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August 20, 2010 07:55 AM ET
 | LONDON/SEOUL (Reuters) - State-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) made a hostile cash bid worth $2.9 billion for Britain's Dana Petroleum Plc on Friday, highlighting a strengthening in South Korea's resolve to secure energy assets overseas.
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August 19, 2010 08:44 PM ET
 | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co dismissed worries about weakening technology demand, reporting broad-based strength from corporate customers and only hints of weakness from consumers.
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August 20, 2010 08:07 AM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hormel Foods Corp reported a higher quarterly profit on Friday, helped by strong sales of MegaMex Foods products and chili.
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August 20, 2010 12:13 AM ET
| BOSTON (Reuters) - A record number of U.S. workers are tapping into their retirement accounts to make it through the economic downturn, Fidelity Investments found in a survey released on Friday.
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August 20, 2010 08:15 AM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - AnnTaylor Stores Corp reported a quarterly profit on Friday as sales rebounded sharply at the women's clothing retailer's namesake stores and it sold more items at their full price.
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August 20, 2010 12:42 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. government is close to proposing a substantial fine against American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp, for alleged maintenance and inspection violations that led to the grounding of hundreds of planes and the cancellation of thousands of flights in 2008.
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August 20, 2010 07:43 AM ET
| BERNE (Reuters) - Switzerland's banks should not run into further trouble with the U.S. taxman now that a damaging dispute with UBS AG has been cleared up, Switzerland's top tax diplomat, Michael Ambuehl, said on Friday.
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August 20, 2010 08:02 AM ET
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Better-than-expected sales of Starbucks Corp's Via coffee are being clouded by concerns that some employees have given customers free drinks in exchange for buying the fast-growing instant-coffee brand.
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Stock index futures dip as economy worries persist
