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	01/20/2011
Good Morning Aron LATEST NEWS Futures off on China growth data, Morgan Stanley up NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Thursday after stronger-than-expected economic growth data from China heightened concerns that Beijing may further tighten monetary policy to tackle inflation. | Full Article Morgan Stanley profit jumps; Smith Barney pays off January 20, 2011 08:19 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley said fourth-quarter shareholder profit surged 60 percent as rising fees from retail brokerage offset the weak fixed-income trading results that have marred its competitors' earnings. | Full Article China's sizzling end to 2010 calls for tighter policy January 20, 2011 06:44 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - China finished 2010 with a bang, its growth soaring past forecasts and inflation slowing less than expected, numbers that could prod the government to intensify its easy-does-it approach to tightening. | Full Article Special Report: A wing and a prayer: outsourcing at Boeing January 20, 2011 08:29 AM ET EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - On a blustery and drizzly December afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, about 20 airplanes sat engineless and inert near the runway at a Boeing manufacturing plant. Huge, yellow blocks hung from the wings of some planes to substitute for the weight of absent engines. | Full Article Spain readying fresh bank funding plan: government sources January 20, 2011 08:12 AM ET MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government is finalizing plans to raise fresh funds for its troubled savings banks, officials said, as its efforts to force the country's regional administrations to cut spending began to bear fruit. | Full Article US TOP NEWS After summit pomp, China's Hu to face lawmakers January 20, 2011 06:31 AM ET WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - President Hu Jintao on Thursday will try to persuade often hostile U.S. lawmakers that China is a threat-free engine of growth, after a White House summit sought to narrow rifts between the world's top two economies. | Full Article Irish government in chaos after mass cabinet resignations January 20, 2011 08:00 AM ET DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen's surprise plan to reshuffle his cabinet weeks before a general election risked backfiring badly on Thursday with coalition partners and backbenchers fuming over the move. | Full Article South Korea agrees to North military talks January 20, 2011 08:28 AM ET SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea agreed on Thursday to hold high-level military talks with rival North Korea, marking a major breakthrough in a crisis on the Korean peninsula and heightening the prospect of renewed aid-for-disarmament talks. | Full Article Police fire shots to disperse new Tunis protest January 20, 2011 08:19 AM ET TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police fired shots into the air on Thursday to try to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding that ministers associated with the rule of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali leave the government. | Full Article House backs repeal of Obama healthcare law January 19, 2011 11:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives passed legislation that would repeal President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law on Wednesday in a mostly symbolic move likely to be scuttled in the Senate. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Antibodies help seriously ill H1N1 patients recover Group praises U.S. strides in tobacco control Heavy drinking may raise abnormal heart rhythm risk Merck clot preventer linked to bleeding risk Giffords' family search for rehabilitation facility RELATED VIDEO China ends 2010 on high Nintendo: 3DS reaction overblown Exports key to U.S. success A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS ODDLY ENOUGH Burglars snort man's ashes, thought it was cocaine Full Article Man admits mailing hundreds of tarantulas Texas town most affluent U.S. neighborhood Monk caught with nun's skeleton at airport Iran bans production of Valentine's Day gifts German towns head to court over naming rights - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend