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US futures decline, jobs data eyed

Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to a lower opening on Friday as investors await key U.S. monthly non-farm payrolls and unemployment data from the government.
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ARM Holding shares surge in London on Microsoft deal

Shares of British-based chipmaker ARM Holdings are surging on the London Stock Exchange after Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said last night that its new Windows operating system would work with chips designed by ARM.
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US futures trim losses after ADP report

Futures on major U.S. indices pared earlier losses on Wednesday after ADP reported that private-sector employment recorded the largest monthly gain in December.
'Faster and safer' Mozilla Firefox 4 against 'beautiful' Internet Explorer 9

Firefox dethrones Microsoft’s IE In Europe

Firefox has dethroned Internet Explorer (IE) in December 2010 to become the number one browser in Europe, as Google’s Chrome stole share from the Microsoft browser, a report said.
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US futures down, ADP report eyed

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a lower opening on Wednesday as investors eye on economic data including ADP national employment report and ISM non-manufacturing index.

Post-Market News Wrap (GM, F, SONC, LNDC, MOS, MTSN, TRID, CTL, Q, NURO)

The corporate news that impacted the market during Tuesday session are: General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler Group, Motorola, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Motorola Solutions, and Macy's. The companies that reported earnings news after the market close are: Sonic, AngioDynamics, Landec, Team, and Mosaic. The companies that reported guidance revision news after the market close are: Mattson Technology, and Trident Microsystems.

Qualcomm reportedly to acquire Atheros

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) is preparing to acquire semiconductor company Atheros Communications (Nasdaq: ATHR), for about $45 per share, or $3.5 billion, according to a report in the New York Times.

Stocks mixed as commodities sink

Stocks finished mixed, and traders apparently were unimpressed by some good economic data on factory orders and auto sales, while commodities dropped on likely profit-taking.
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Go long commodities in 2011: Byron Wien

Byron Wien, vice chairman of the Blackstone Advisory Partners, just issued his annual Ten Surprises list for 2011. Three of them were bullish calls for commodities.

BP shares jump on Shell takeover speculation

Shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP) have leapt today partially on a report in the UK newspaper Daily Mail that Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) may be interested in merging the two global oil giants.
China's LME-linked alumina imports seen down on high prices

Alcoa jumps on analyst upgrade

Shares of aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) have jumped this morning after receiving an upgrade from Deutsche Bank, as well as a strong vote of confidence from television stock maven Jim Cramer.
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Charge Laptop, Phones In Minutes Using New Nanomaterial

Researchers in the United States have developed an entirely new type of nanomaterial - dubbed nanoscoop - that could enable the next generation of high-power lithium (Li)-ion rechargeable batteries for electric automobiles, laptops and cell phones.
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Three reasons to be bearish on the stock market

Recently, investors have been wildly bullish on the U.S. stock market. However, extremely bullish sentiment often precedes a reversal of fortune for the stock market and there are fundamental reasons to be bearish on the stock market.

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