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Reuters – Stocks were little changed in choppy trade on Friday as a brokerage’s upgrade of Merck boosted healthcare stocks but profit-taking weighed on financials and big-cap technology shares.
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AP – Stocks rose for the third day Thursday after an accounting board told Congress it may recommend a let-up in accounting rules for troubled banks. Retail sales figures also came in better than anticipated, General Electric Co. saw its credit rating cut by less than expected, and General Motors Corp. said it will not [...]

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AP – Faint but welcome signs of optimism emerged Thursday from the most troubled corners of the economy the banking system, the automakers and cash-desperate stores and helped push the stock market to its best three-day run in four months.
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Reuters – U.S. consumers’ mood grew less grim in March, according to a survey released on Friday, while the latest figures showed the U.S. trade deficit narrowed in January to its smallest in more than six years.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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Reuters – Citigroup Inc Chairman Richard Parsons said on Thursday that the bank does not need any more capital injections from the government and expressed confidence that Citi would remain in private hands.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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Reuters – Bank of America Corp is seeking to produce more “jumbo” mortgages, which can range from $417,000 in most areas to as much as $729,750, Barbara Desoer, the bank’s head of mortgage, home equity and insurance services told Bloomberg in an interview.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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Reuters – Warren Buffett was awarded compensation of $491,000 in 2008 for running Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N), which just lost its “AAA” credit rating from Fitch Ratings because of potential losses from derivatives.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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Some new technologies are almost absurdly simple – and just as easy to pirate.Read More… [Source: Small business news - CNNMoney.com]

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Reuters – General Motors Corp is recalling 276,729 passenger vehicles to correct a problem in certain cars that could cause them to roll when parked, the U.S. government said on Friday.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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