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Wall Street shares seen higher

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.5 to 0.7 percent, pointing to a higher start to Wall Street on Monday.

Buffett says worst is over, but recovery uneven

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NEW YORK, Mar 1 Reuters) - Warren Buffett said the U.S. has passed the worst of what he called an economic Pearl Harbor, yet admitted that the recovery could be slow, including at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc .
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American Miller wins MVP consolation

Amid the celebrations that erupted as Canada won ice hockey gold on Sunday most people probably did not notice who won the media's vote as the tournament's most valuable player -- American Ryan Miller.
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Isis posts wider-than-expected Q4 loss

Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc (ISIS.O) posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and said it expects a reduction in 2010 revenue, citing the completion of amortization of certain upfront fees.
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Ariad leukemia drug gets orphan drug status

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARIA.O) said its experimental cancer drug, AP24534, received orphan drug designation from U.S. health regulators, sending its shares up 8 percent in pre-market trade.
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U.S. floored by Crosby show stopper

Sid the Kid became the Man by scoring what will be forever remembered as Canada's golden goal in a 3-2 Olympic final overtime win over the United States on Sunday to cap one of the most compelling sporting showdowns ever seen on a sheet of ice.
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Triumphant ending for Vancouver Winter Games

The Vancouver Winter Olympics ended in spectacular triumph on Sunday with a dazzling closing ceremony that mixed traditional pomp with self-deprecating humor to put the icing on 17 days of unrelenting drama and action.
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Toyoda slips into China on damage control mission

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda sought to ease quality concerns during a low-key visit to China on Monday, fresh from a grueling hearing in the U.S. Congress over his company's biggest safety crisis.
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Obama's Democrats voice new confidence on healthcare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the Congress voiced confidence on Sunday they will have the votes, possibly within a couple of months or so, to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.
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Global factories enjoy bumper February

Factories around the world enjoyed a bumper February with business surveys showing the manufacturing sector in major economies continued to lead an economic recovery, despite a slowdown in some growth rates.
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Vivendi beats forecasts, cautious on 2010

Vivendi, Europe's largest entertainment group, sounded a cautious note on its profit outlook for this year despite posting better than expected results for 2009, boosted by its video games and telecoms units.
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Solutia to buy Etimex Solar for $327.1 mln

US specialty chemicals maker Solutia Inc will buy closely-held Etimex Solar, a maker of chemicals used in solar panels, for 240 million euros ($327.1 million) in cash
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Astra unties part of U.S. Merck deal for $647 mln

AstraZeneca Said on Monday it was exercising an option with Merck & Co to take back full rights to certain drugs marketed in the United States and would pay the U.S. group $647 million in April.
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China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance

China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global champion, a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.
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HSBC profits dip

HSBC Holdings missed expectations with a $7 billion annual profit after bad debts rose and risked a public backlash by paying three investment bankers over 9 million pounds ($13.7 million) each.

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