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US, Haiti holding talks on detained missionaries

The U.S. and Haitian governments are holding talks on the fate of 10 American missionaries accused of illegally trying to take children out of the quake-hit Caribbean country, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

China hits back at Obama over currency

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China dismissed U.S. threats to get tough on trade and exchange rates to ensure American goods are not disadvantaged, saying on Thursday that its currency was at a reasonable level.
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Foreign food aid trickles into Haiti's black market

Blocks from where U.S. and U.N. soldiers distribute sacks of rice to Haitian women in earthquake-shattered Port-au-Prince, street vendors are openly selling rice by the cup from bags stamped with U.S. flags.
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Stock futures fall on euro zone worries, data on tap

U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday as renewed worries over sovereign debt in some euro zone countries kept investors away from riskier investments, including equities, ahead of U.S. jobs and factory data.
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Wall Street futures point to weaker open

Stock futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fall 0.5 to 0.6 percent, pointing to a weaker start on Wall Street on Thursday.
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Shell profits collapse on weak refining, natgas

Royal Dutch Shell Plc posted a 75 percent fall in fourth-quarter profits to $1.18 billion, as the oil major was punished for falling output and its focus on the depressed refining and natural gas businesses.
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Toyota sees $2 billion hit from recall problems

Toyota Motor Corp expects costs and lost sales from its largest ever safety recall to total $2 billion for the year to March, but raised its outlook after posting its strongest operating profit in six quarters.
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Asia shares slide; Toyota sinks to ten-month low

Lingering concerns about the global economy and a host of negative local factors pushed Asian stocks lower on Thursday, with Toyota hitting a 10-month low on investor concerns over its massive vehicle recall.
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Toyota slides after U.S. ups pressure

Toyota Motor Corp shares slid to a 10-month low on Thursday after the Obama administration stepped up the pressure on the world's largest carmaker to address a range of safety issues.
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U.S. official's remark fans flames in Toyota crisis

The top U.S. transportation official on Wednesday warned Toyota owners caught up in its massive recall to stop driving their cars, triggering alarm and confusion in a crisis that has engulfed the automaker.
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Cisco trounces estimates, sees strong recovery

Cisco Systems Inc's quarterly results and outlook exceeded Wall Street expectations as more customers upgraded their networks to handle growing Internet traffic, leading CEO John Chambers to declare a very strong recovery.
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Geithner says bank fee can recoup AIG bonuses

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday said insurer AIG's contracts to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses were outrageous and appealed to Congress to help recoup payments.
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Video game makers look for 2010 turnaround

Video game makers should begin to emerge in 2010 from one of their worst industry downturns on record, but investors remain cautious about a sector that has been plagued by bad news.
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Obama vindicates Las Vegas remarks

President Barack Obama said Tuesday in a letter to Senate Majority leader Harry Reid he wasn't saying anything negative about Las Vegas.
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Daily Forecast - 4/2/2010

The Australian Dollar opens lower against the greenback today at 0.8815 after mixed local trade data released yesterday.
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Dow, S&P fall as Pfizer, Obama reforms weigh

Stocks mostly fell on Wednesday as Pfizer's disappointing outlook weighed on the health sector, and President Obama's pledge to complete banking and healthcare reform revived fears of increased regulation.
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Are Americans financially capable?

In these turbulent economic times, more bad news about household finances may be the last thing you're prepared to hear. But don't tune out just yet: The findings from a new Financial Capability Survey paint a troubling picture of the current state of financial capability in the U.S. adult population.
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Private job losses decline, outlook improves

With jobs at the top of the U.S. political agenda, private employers reported the smallest payroll decline in nearly two years in January while the vast U.S. services sector grew slightly, data showed on Wednesday.
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Obama administration steps up pressure on Toyota

The Obama administration stepped up the pressure on Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday to address a range of safety issues as investors bolted at signs of a deepening crisis for the world's largest automaker.

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