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Wall St dips after rally; banks up on data

Stocks edged lower on Monday as corporate results from companies, including Verizon and Honeywell International , failed to entice investors following two weeks of gains that lifted all major indexes about 11 percent.

AIG renames property-casualty arm ahead of sale

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Troubled insurer American International Group Inc rebranded its property-casualty business under the name Chartis on Monday, and took a step toward selling at least part of the business.
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Hidden from sight, debt creeps up on China

On the surface, China presents a fiscal study in contrast with the United States, keeping a remarkably low ceiling on debt even as it spends its way out of the financial crisis.
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Verizon profit falls, eyes 8,000 job cuts

Verizon Communications Inc posted a lower quarterly profit and said it would cut 8,000 jobs in its wireline business, as weakness in wholesale and corporate segments overshadowed wireless growth.
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Honeywell CFO sees cost cuts paying off

Honeywell International Inc is counting on the payoff from cost cutting to boost its fourth-quarter results and allow it to hit its lowered 2009 profit target, the diversified U.S. manufacturer's chief financial officer said on Monday.
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Honeywell profit meets estimates, trims forecast

Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc reported a 38 percent drop in earnings that matched Wall Street's forecasts and cut its full-year profit forecast to the bottom of its prior range.
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Palin's farewell speech (Full transcript)

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stepped down from her position on Sunday at 3p.m. local time and delivered a farewell speech, the following is her speech full transcript:
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Why Obama wants Healthcare reform?

Health care reform in U.S. is a hot topic discussed everywhere from President Obama to any adult who tried to access affordable healthcare in the past decade.
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Palin steps down as Alaska governor

Republican Sarah Palin stepped down as governor of Alaska on Sunday, vowing in a farewell address to continue fighting for Alaskans but giving no hint on whether she will seek an elective office again.
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Japan carmakers Q1 seen weak but trend improving

Japan's top automakers will report weak first-quarter results hit by a stronger yen and production cutbacks, but most expect a steady improvement in coming quarters helped partly by government programmes to encourage car purchases and progress in cost-cutting.
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Obama calls for deeper U.S.-Chinese ties

President Barack Obama called for deeper U.S.-Chinese economic cooperation on Monday and outlined a broad agenda for a positive relationship between two countries that do not always see eye to eye.
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SolarWorld keeps outlook, lifts solar stocks

German solar bellwether SolarWorld on Monday kept its 2009 sales outlook, helping European solar stocks gain, as it said cost savings had helped it offset most effects of the sector's ongoing price slump.
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China eHi plans IPO in 3 years

China's eHi Car Rental Co Ltd, backed by venture capital firms including CDH Venture Investment and Jafco Asia, is planning an initial public offering in 2011 to fund expansion in the fast-growing but fragmented domestic car rental market, Chairman Ray Zhang said on Monday.
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U.S. takes centre stage in EU hedge fund row

Debate over controversial EU laws on hedge funds shifted to the United States on Monday as a key industry body warned of protectionist aspects of the rules which have prompted Washington to lobby for changes. The Alternative Investment Management Association said the planned laws on alternative investment funds create potentially major difficulties and loss of business for funds and investors...
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Media moguls rethink Web advertising in downturn

The recession-fueled advertising downturn underlines the urgency of using the Web to glean data and target consumers directly, rather than blasting them with a barrage of TV-style ads, media executives say.
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Honeywell profit falls 38 percent

Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc reported a 38 percent decline in earnings as a slump in the aviation and construction markets eroded demand for its products.

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