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| | Good Morning Aron, | WED 08 Dec 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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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