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• Wall Street turns negative on consumer staples (Reuters)
• Dell raises bid for 3PAR, trumping HP (Reuters)
• Jobless claims fall but still elevated (Reuters)
• RIM offers to work with India on Blackberry access (Reuters)
• BHP prepares to woo Potash owners (Reuters)
• How the major stock indexes fared Wednesday (AP)
• U.S. banks lobby Fed on debit card fee limits (Reuters)
• Summary Box: China's ICBC 1H profit up 27 percent (AP)
• German consumer confidence rises (AP)
• The "Eat Pray Love" Approach to Investing (The Motley Fool)
• India says U.S. visa issue may be solved outside WTO (Reuters)
• Best Buy to use Ford vans for Geek Squad (AP)
• One in 10 with a mortgage face foreclosure (AP)
• Natural gas prices slump to 2010 low (AP)
• NY Oneidas move cigarette plant to avoid taxes (Reuters)
• Ford plans to export Indian-made Figo to 50 more countries (AFP)

Wall Street turns negative on consumer staples (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:18 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks erased earlier gains and turned negative heading in late-morning trade on Thursday, weighed by consumer staples and healthcare sectors.

Dell raises bid for 3PAR, trumping HP (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:07 AM PDT Reuters - Dell Inc raised its bid for data storage company 3PAR Inc to $1.6 billion, offering slightly more than bigger rival Hewlett-Packard Co which is expected to respond with an even stronger bid.

Jobless claims fall but still elevated (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:17 AM PDT Reuters - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week but remained too high to signal a material shift in a weak labor market that is constraining economic growth.

RIM offers to work with India on Blackberry access (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:02 AM PDT Reuters - Research in Motion said on Thursday it was willing to work with India to support the country's needs to lawfully access encrypted services on the company's Blackberry smartphone.

BHP prepares to woo Potash owners (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:09 AM PDT Reuters - BHP Billiton's chief executive flies to North America this week to crank up the charm offensive with Potash Corp shareholders, as a potential Chinese rival bidder reiterated it was "closely watching" the $39 billion deal.

How the major stock indexes fared Wednesday (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT AP - Stocks recovered from an early slump and ended higher after traders picked through the market for beaten-down stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 20 points Wednesday, its first gain in five days, after having been down as much as 102 points. The market opened lower following weak reports on new home sales and durable goods orders. Buying interest picked up steadily in the afternoon, bringing the Dow back up above 10,000.

U.S. banks lobby Fed on debit card fee limits (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:11 AM PDT Reuters - The Federal Reserve has begun taking the first steps to crack down on debit-card transaction fees, with the battle between merchants and banks moving from the legislative to the regulatory arena.

Summary Box: China's ICBC 1H profit up 27 percent (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:20 AM PDT AP - RESULTS: Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world's biggest bank by market value, said its first-half profit jumped 27 percent as interest income surged following a lending boom last year.

German consumer confidence rises (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:14 AM PDT AP - German consumers are upbeat about their economy, a closely watched survey showed Thursday, reflecting the country's overall positive economic trend even as uncertainty lingers over long-term prospects.

The "Eat Pray Love" Approach to Investing (The Motley Fool) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:47 AM PDT The Motley Fool - The best-selling memoir Eat Pray Love tells the tale of a woman's journey around the world in search of solace after a challenging divorce. In the author's travels, she looks to pursue pleasure while in Italy, devotion in India, and a balance between the two in Indonesia. The book has been so immensely popular that it was recently adapted and released as a movie starring Julia Roberts. In today's challenging economy, you may not have the money or the free time to chuck your day job and travel around the world for a year. ...

India says U.S. visa issue may be solved outside WTO (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:36 AM PDT Reuters - India is confident of resolving a visa restrictions issue with the United States outside the WTO framework, a senior government official said on Thursday.

Best Buy to use Ford vans for Geek Squad (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:50 AM PDT AP - Ford Motor Co. said Thursday the electronics retailer Best Buy will use Ford vans for its Geek Squad home service technicians.

One in 10 with a mortgage face foreclosure (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:43 AM PDT AP - One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis.

Natural gas prices slump to 2010 low (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:43 AM PDT AP - Natural gas prices on Thursday slumped to a record low for the year after the government reported a rise in U.S. supplies.

NY Oneidas move cigarette plant to avoid taxes (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - New York's Oneida Indian Nation moved a cigarette-manufacturing plant to their upstate reservation to shield smokers from steep taxes that Governor David Paterson has vowed to impose.

Ford plans to export Indian-made Figo to 50 more countries (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:27 AM PDT AFP - US auto giant Ford Motor said Thursday it plans export its Indian-built Figo model to 50 new countries as it intensifies efforts to use the nation as an export hub.

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