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Stock futures edge higher ahead of jobless claims data
Fewer discounts help stores weather February snow
Citi's Pandit says supports consumer protection
Facebook CEO in no rush for IPO: report
Greece draws strong bond demand at high price
Bristol sets baseline for profits post-Plavix
AB InBev sees weak start to 2010 after mixed Q4
Prudential and AIG CEOs hold "town hall" meetings
ECB holds rates, to unveil stimulus withdrawal steps
Court blocks individual claims vs UBS on Madoff


Stock futures edge higher ahead of jobless claims data
March 04, 2010 08:09 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures ticked higher on Thursday as retailers posted better-than-expected sales for February and as investors awaited the latest data on the labor and housing markets.

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Fewer discounts help stores weather February snow
March 04, 2010 08:13 AM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Several U.S. retailers posted better-than-expected February sales as leaner inventories allowed companies to sell more items at full price and shoppers made it to stores despite record-setting snow in much the eastern part of the country.

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Citi's Pandit says supports consumer protection
March 04, 2010 08:04 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Vikram Pandit said he supports a federal consumer protection authority, because a key lesson of the crisis is that issues influencing consumers can become issues for the whole financial system.

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Facebook CEO in no rush for IPO: report
March 04, 2010 07:28 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is in no rush to take the popular social-networking site public, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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Greece draws strong bond demand at high price
March 04, 2010 07:39 AM ET
ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Debt-burdened Greece drew strong demand for a crucial bond issue on Thursday but paid a steep risk premium that underscored its plea to Germany and other EU partners for support to help lower its borrowing costs.

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Bristol sets baseline for profits post-Plavix
March 04, 2010 07:52 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co set a baseline for profits in 2013 as it provided investors their first glimpse of life after Plavix, the world's second-bestselling drug.

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AB InBev sees weak start to 2010 after mixed Q4
March 04, 2010 07:51 AM ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, said it faced a challenging start to 2010 with U.S. consumers drinking less after it unveiled mixed fourth-quarter earnings buoyed by a sharp rise in Brazil sales.

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Prudential and AIG CEOs hold "town hall" meetings
March 04, 2010 08:21 AM ET
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Any job losses from Prudential Plc's planned $35.5 billion acquisition of American International Group's Asian insurance arm will be mainly in back-office operations and not among sales forces, the companies' CEOs told staff in Asia, sources said.

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ECB holds rates, to unveil stimulus withdrawal steps
March 04, 2010 07:49 AM ET
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is expected to detail the next steps in its gradual withdrawal from emergency lending at a news conference after it held interest rates at a record low of 1.0 percent on Thursday.

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Court blocks individual claims vs UBS on Madoff
March 04, 2010 07:40 AM ET
LUXEMBOURG/ZURICH (Reuters) -Investors who lost money to U.S. swindler Bernard Madoff through a fund set up by UBS cannot seek compensation directly from the Swiss bank, a Luxembourg court ruled on Thursday, relieving pressure on UBS.

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