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  |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   | Good Morning Aron, | WED 08 Dec 2010 |  |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |   |   |  |   |  |   | 
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 |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 08:25 AM ET 
   |  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed  on Wednesday, pressured by rising bond yields and a stronger  dollar. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 03:42 AM ET 
   |  | BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale Corp  posted  a better-than-expected quarterly profit as sales and traffic  grew at its U.S. stores and the weakening dollar helped sales  overseas. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 08:10 AM ET 
   |  | DETROIT (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp  reported a lower-than-expected  rise in global November sales at established restaurants on  Wednesday, as demand was weaker than anticipated in the world's  largest hamburger chain's key domestic market. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |       |  |   | December 08, 2010 07:31 AM ET 
   |  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc  raised its 2010 outlook  and forecast a rise in both sales and profits next year, ahead  of a meeting with investors on Wednesday. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 06:40 AM ET 
   |  | BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar will be a safe investment  for the next six to 12 months because global markets are focused  on the euro zone's troubles but America's fiscal health is worse  than Europe's, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said on  Wednesday. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 07, 2010 10:52 PM ET 
   |  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in discussions  with U.S. government officials to join government programs aimed  at reducing mortgage balances where borrowers owe more than  the values of their homes, the Wall Street Journal reported  on Tuesday citing people familiar with the situation. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 08:08 AM ET 
   |  | LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Yields on German government bonds, normally  seen as a safe haven by investors, rose on Wednesday as deepening  uncertainty over how to stem the euro zone's debt crisis hit  even Europe's strongest economy. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 08:20 AM ET 
   |  | AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare group Johnson & Johnson   launched its long-awaited 1.75 billion euro ($2.3 billion) bid  for Crucell , despite some investor opposition and the Dutch  biotech's vaccine production problems. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 08:03 AM ET 
   |  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fortune Brands Inc  plans to split the company  into three parts, giving investors pure plays in golf, home  products and alcoholic drinks. 
  
 |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   | December 08, 2010 07:16 AM ET 
   |  | (Reuters) - The trustee seeking to recover money for Bernard  Madoff's victims sued multi-billion dollar money-management  firm Tremont Group Holdings Inc and sought an additional $555  million in recoveries from UBS AG. 
  
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