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Stock futures slip on caution over China's yuan move
China makes good on flexibility vow
Walgreen posts weaker-than-expected profit
BP shares touch 13-year low as cost concerns weigh
UK's Osborne cuts 2010, 2011 growth forecasts
Spyglass seen as likely candidate to run MGM: report
BA strikes pension deal to keep merger on track
SEC charges ICP Asset Management in CDO fraud case
Barclays bosses to take stand in Lehman dispute
Intel and FTC talk settlement of market abuse suit


Stock futures slip on caution over China's yuan move
June 22, 2010 08:11 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures dipped on Tuesday as investors reassessed a vow by China for more flexibility on its currency and turned cautious ahead of data expected to show a slight rise in U.S. home sales.

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China makes good on flexibility vow
June 22, 2010 07:07 AM ET
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China pulled back the veil on its new currency regime a little further on Tuesday, appearing to engineer a fall in the yuan to make clear its vow of flexibility did not include one-way bets for appreciation.

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Walgreen posts weaker-than-expected profit
June 22, 2010 07:56 AM ET
DETROIT (Reuters) - Walgreen Co , the biggest U.S. drugstore chain, posted a quarterly profit that missed analysts' view.

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BP shares touch 13-year low as cost concerns weigh
June 22, 2010 08:26 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BP fell to a 13-year low on Tuesday on concerns over the oil major's exposure to costs associated with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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UK's Osborne cuts 2010, 2011 growth forecasts
June 22, 2010 08:28 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy will grow more slowly than previously envisaged this year and next as a result of fiscal tightening but will subsequently pick up speed, finance minister George Osborne said on Tuesday.

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Spyglass seen as likely candidate to run MGM: report
June 22, 2010 01:41 AM ET
(Reuters) - U.S. film studio Spyglass Entertainment has emerged as the leading contender to run debt-ridden Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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BA strikes pension deal to keep merger on track
June 22, 2010 02:55 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said it had agreed a recovery plan for its 3.7 billion pound ($5.5 billion) pension deficit, potentially removing a final obstacle to its planned merger with Spain's Iberia .

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SEC charges ICP Asset Management in CDO fraud case
June 21, 2010 02:29 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators on Monday accused New York financial services firm ICP Asset Management and its founder of defrauding investors in a series of complex collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) for their own benefit.

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Barclays bosses to take stand in Lehman dispute
June 21, 2010 01:08 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Plc's top two executives will tell a New York court this week that the British bank did not receive an unfair windfall from a deal for parts of Lehman Brothers in a case that shows the need for banks to draw up "living wills."

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Intel and FTC talk settlement of market abuse suit
June 22, 2010 07:58 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel and the Federal Trade Commission filed motions on Monday to suspend trial proceedings while both negotiate settlement of a lawsuit, in which the agency accused the company of abusing its market dominance.

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