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Consumer sentiment perks up while trade gap widens (Reuters)

Reuters – Consumer sentiment hit an eight-month high in early January as Americans grew more optimistic about job prospects, a survey released on Friday showed.

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Apple reveals suppliers in supply chain audit (Reuters)

Reuters – Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.

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Exclusive: Angelides to lead distressed mortgage firm (Reuters)

Reuters – Phil Angelides, formerly the chairman of a federal commission who led investigations into why the financial markets collapsed, is heading an investment group that hopes to “do a good thing” for America while turning a profit from the wreckage of the housing market.

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Insight: SEC tightens leash on exchanges post "flash crash" (Reuters)

Reuters – The May 2010 “flash crash” was bad for almost everyone involved in the stock market, but for the Securities and Exchange Commission, it was a disaster.

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EU antitrust chief to block NYSE/D. Boerse deal: report (Reuters)

Reuters – European Commission antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia told Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext he plans to block their $9 billion deal, the Financial Times said in its online edition on Tuesday.

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Consumer confidence hits 8-month high in December (Reuters)

Reuters – Consumer confidence rose more than expected in December, hitting an eight-month high, as Americans grew more upbeat about the labor market and their financial situation.

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Banks downgrade threat remains despite ECB funds: S&P (Reuters)

Reuters – The half a trillion euros the European Central Bank pumped into the financial system buys hard-hit banks valuable time but will not in itself protect them from threatened rating downgrades, one of Standard and Poor’s

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G-20 finance chiefs meet on debt crisis, economy (AP)

AP – Finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s leading economies are gathering in Paris to discuss how to save Greece from bankruptcy, beat a path out of Europe’s wider debt crisis and restart global economic growth.

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Transport strikes hit Greek capital (AP)

AP – Buses, metro trains, trams and taxis were not running in the Greek capital Friday, snarling traffic as public transport workers walked off the job for a second day in

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JPMorgan CEO says bank rules "anti-American": FT (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States should consider pulling out of the Basel group of global regulators, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, said in an interview with the Financial Times.

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