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Stock index futures point to mixed start

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Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street, with futures for the S&P 500 flat, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.2 percent at 1008 GMT (6:08 a.m. EDT).

Asian Shares Rise on Hopes Greece will Drop Referendum

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Asian shares rallied more than 3 percent and the euro steadied Friday on hopes that Greece will abandon a proposed referendum on a European Union bailout, but investors remained cautious over a confidence vote scheduled for later in the Greek parliament.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Italy Agrees to Let EU, IMF Monitor Reforms

Italy, under fierce pressure from financial markets and European peers, has agreed to have the IMF and the EU monitor its progress with long- delayed reforms of pensions, labor markets and privatization, senior EU sources said Friday.
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U.S.: The Cost of War

Afghanistan War: The Cost of War

The Iraq/Afghanistan Wars have been costly, but the United States' longer trend of spending too much on defense and not enough on public goods over two decades could end up costing the economy and the nation far more.
Kenya Airways Boeing B777-200ER plane is seen during a media tour at their maintenance hangar in Nairobi

Kenya Airways raises H1 profit ahead of cash call

Kenya Airways used fuel hedges to protect its bottom line from an escalation in direct costs in its first-half ended September, it said on Thursday, as it prepares to raise funds to finance its expansion.
Mineworkers

Chinese firms abusing Zambian miners: rights group

Chinese mining companies in Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, are routinely flouting laws designed to protect workers' safety and the right to organise, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
An oil rig prepares to drill in western Uganda, near the shores of Lake Albert

DRC sees new onshore oil bid round in 2012

The Democratic Republic of Congo could offer up to 10 blocks in a new onshore hydrocarbon bid round possibly launched next year, a senior government official said on Thursday.
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U.S. blames China, Russia for cyber espionage

China and Russia are using cyber espionage to steal U.S. trade and technology secrets to bolster their own economic development, which poses a threat to U.S. prosperity and security, a U.S. intelligence report said on Thursday.
Vila Nova Project

Eldorado Gold's 3Q Jumps Nearly 50%

The third-quarter profit of Eldorado Gold Corp., which operates in Turkey, China and Brazil, jumped nearly 50 percent on higher prices and record high quarterly production.
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U.S. says China, Russia active in cyber espionage

China and Russia are using cyber espionage to steal U.S. trade and technology secrets to bolster their own economic development and that poses a threat to U.S. prosperity and security, an intelligence report said on Thursday.
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RealD shares slump as Samsung exits 3D TV deal

RealD Inc's shares fell as much as 14 percent in extended trade after the licensor of 3D technologies said Samsung Electronics pulled out of an agreement to make television panels featuring the company's technology.

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