 | | Good Morning Robert, | FRI 19 Feb 2010 | | |
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February 19, 2010 07:34 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON/MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials moved to calm speculation that a surprise rise in its emergency lending rate could bring forward broader policy tightening, saying borrowing costs in the economy would stay low.
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February 19, 2010 08:05 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Friday on a surprise increase in the Federal Reserve's discount rate that signaled to some investors that the U.S. central bank may be starting to retreat from its easy money policy.
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February 19, 2010 08:34 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer prices rose less than expected in January, while prices excluding food and energy fell for the first time since 1982, according to a government report on Friday that soothed worries inflation pressures were starting to build up.
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February 19, 2010 07:37 AM ET
 | TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of Toyota Motor Corp bowed to pressure to testify before U.S. lawmakers and explain the company's safety crisis, becoming the highest profile Japanese executive to face such a grilling from Congress.
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February 18, 2010 07:48 PM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Bank of America Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis said he was briefed twice on his company's decision not to disclose rising losses at Merrill Lynch & Co, before the bank's takeover of Merrill was put before shareholders.
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February 18, 2010 11:58 PM ET
| WASHINGTON/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Efforts to tighten U.S. financial regulation advanced on Thursday, with a new bipartisan bill expected next week from two key senators who were working on it while traveling together in Panama.
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February 19, 2010 08:28 AM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. department store operator J.C. Penney Co Inc reported a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as improved margins from cost-cutting and leaner inventories more than offset soft mall traffic and disappointing holiday sales, sending its shares up 4.4 percent.
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February 19, 2010 08:04 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. department stores are by and large set to report far better earnings in the coming week than they did a year ago in the thick of retail meltdown.
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February 18, 2010 07:49 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fewer than two in 10 Americans are confident of their ability to invest in the stock market, although 60 percent still believe equities are important in a portfolio.
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February 19, 2010 06:01 AM ET
| TOKYO (Reuters) - After being pilloried for his less-than-perfect English, bowing technique and other bungles, the head of Toyota Motor Corp will need a crash course in preparing for his debut in the U.S. Congress next week.
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Fed seeks to calm markets after discount rate rise
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