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Business Today: Stock futures up ahead of Bernanke testimony

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Stock futures up ahead of Bernanke testimony
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were up but eased from earlier highs on Tuesday after crude oil jumped and investors awaited testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. | Full Article
Bernanke to tread cautiously before Congress
March 01, 2011 02:36 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely remain skeptical about the strength of the economic recovery in testimony on Tuesday, despite recent data pointing to improvement, signaling the central bank is unlikely to cut short its $600 billion stimulus plan. | Full Article
February auto sales seen up but oil risk looms
March 01, 2011 03:48 AM ET
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales are expected to show a gain of about 20 percent from the still-depressed levels of a year earlier in February, but the recent rise in oil prices could slow or even derail the industry's recovery, analysts and industry executives say. | Full Article
Goldman estimates $3.4 billion in legal losses
March 01, 2011 08:22 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc could lose up to $3.4 billion from lawsuits and other disputes over the securities it sold and underwrote, the investment bank said in its annual filing with regulators on Tuesday. | Full Article
World factory input costs rising sharply
March 01, 2011 07:58 AM ET
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Factory input costs leapt across the globe in February, the latest sign of rising inflationary pressures, while euro zone manufacturing grew at its fastest in nearly 10 years, surveys showed on Tuesday. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Gaddafi deploys forces as world raises Libya pressure
March 01, 2011 08:23 AM ET
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi dispatched forces to a western border area on Tuesday in defiance of Western military and economic pressure, stirring fears that the bloodiest Arab revolt may grow more violent. | Full Article
Wisconsin governor gives Democrats ultimatum
March 01, 2011 07:11 AM ET
MADISON, Wisc. (Reuters) - Republican Governor Scott Walker on Monday gave absent Democratic lawmakers an ultimatum to return to Wisconsin within 24 hours and vote on a proposal to reduce the power of public sector unions or the state would miss out on a huge debt restructuring. | Full Article
Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report
March 01, 2011 08:01 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley experienced a "very sensitive" break-in to its network by the same China-based hackers who attacked Google Inc's computers more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported, citing leaked emails from an Internet security company. | Full Article
Blackstone buys Centro's U.S. malls for $9.4 billion
March 01, 2011 12:35 AM ET
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP has bought nearly 600 U.S. shopping malls from Australia's debt-laden Centro Properties for $9.4 billion in one of the biggest global property deals since the credit crisis. | Full Article
Government shutdown unlikely, but budget battle remains
February 28, 2011 06:32 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deal to avert a government shutdown took shape in Congress on Monday, but the short-term spending measure would do nothing to resolve the bitter debate over federal spending. | Full Article
HEALTH NEWS
Lawmakers question Medicare payment contractors
Half of men may have HPV infections: study
Government presses fight over lesbian employee's benefits
Decisions may take toll on healthcare proxies
Expensive hospital care may not save more lives
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Morning Digest: Bernanke to tread cautiously before Congress

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03/1/2011
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LATEST NEWS
Bernanke to tread cautiously before Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely remain skeptical about the strength of the economic recovery in testimony on Tuesday, despite recent data pointing to improvement, signaling the central bank is unlikely to cut short its $600 billion stimulus plan. | Full Article
Gaddafi deploys forces as world raises Libya pressure
March 01, 2011 05:58 AM ET
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi deployed forces to a western border area on Tuesday in defiance of Western military and economic pressure, raising fears that one of the bloodiest Arab revolts may become more violent still. | Full Article
Stock index futures point up; Bernanke eyed
March 01, 2011 05:46 AM ET
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average , the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite all rising 0.6 percent. | Full Article
Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report
February 28, 2011 09:25 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley experienced a "very sensitive" break-in to its network by the same China-based hackers who attacked Google Inc's computers more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported, citing leaked emails from an Internet security company. | Full Article
Astronauts venture outside station on spacewalk
February 28, 2011 07:14 PM ET
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday to prepare the orbital outpost for life after the United States retires its fleet of three space shuttles. | Full Article
Pistons pledge support for embattled coach Kuester
March 01, 2011 02:07 AM ET
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Pistons are standing behind head coach John Kuester despite a season of conflict and turmoil, the team said in an official statement on Monday. | Full Article
Will Charlie Sheen ever work again?
February 28, 2011 09:57 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Charlie Sheen says he is ready to return to acting, but the real question is whether anyone would hire the troubled sitcom star -- and how much would it cost to insure him. | Full Article
Penis graffiti dropped from competition
February 28, 2011 12:48 PM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A painting of a large penis on a bridge in Russia's second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organizers said. | Full Article
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