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• Wall Street trims losses (Reuters)
• Confidence lowest since February (Reuters)
• Medley says Fed preps quantitative easing: source (Reuters)
• Walgreen profit beats expectations (Reuters)
• RIM shares dip on late release for PlayBook (Reuters)
• Merger news helps Wall Street to retain gains (AFP)
• Instant View: Home prices down in July: Case-Shiller (Reuters)
• Walgreen 4Q profit rises and tops estimates (AP)
• UK Labour chief Ed Miliband lays out comeback plan (AP)
• Benefit of higher credit score dwindles at top end (AP)
• Economy expands at fastest since 2001 (AFP)
• Best Buy to spend more on holidays, hiring flat (Reuters)
• JPMorgan faces lawyers' queries on foreclosures practices (Reuters)
• Oil rises with corporate deals; pump prices fall (AP)
• IRS won't be mailing tax forms next year (AP)
• Germany's Daimler to add integrity executive (AP)

Wall Street trims losses (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:57 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks reversed course and trimmed losses, with the Dow briefly moving into positive territory on strength in Travelers Companies and 3M Co .

Confidence lowest since February (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - Consumer confidence fell to its lowest level since February in September, underscoring lingering worries about the stremgth of the economic recovery, while home prices dipped in July.

Medley says Fed preps quantitative easing: source (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:09 AM PDT Reuters - The Federal Reserve is preparing a fresh round of quantitative easing measures to battle lackluster economic performance, hedge fund advisor Medley Global Advisors said in a report on Tuesday, a market source told Reuters.

Walgreen profit beats expectations (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - Drugstore operator Walgreen Co said strong prescription drug sales and improved pricing boosted its earnings above Wall Street's expectations, sending shares up more than 9 percent on Tuesday.

RIM shares dip on late release for PlayBook (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - Research In Motion shares fell 3.4 percent on Tuesday morning, as concern over the late release date of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer prompted investors to claw back some of the stock's recent gains.

Merger news helps Wall Street to retain gains (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:32 AM PDT AFP - US stocks were down slightly on Monday, with a swarm of merger news helping to retain the vast majority of last week's solid gains.

Instant View: Home prices down in July: Case-Shiller (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 06:17 AM PDT Reuters - Single-family home prices dipped in July, and are seen stabilizing near the lows without the homebuyer tax credit that ended in April, Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price indexes showed on Tuesday.

Walgreen 4Q profit rises and tops estimates (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:21 AM PDT AP - Walgreen Co., the largest drugstore chain in the U.S., said Tuesday its net income rose 8 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter on higher prescription drug sales.

UK Labour chief Ed Miliband lays out comeback plan (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:40 AM PDT AP - New opposition leader Ed Miliband laid out his comeback plan Tuesday, promising he would learn from a humbling election defeat, the economic downturn and the divisive war in Iraq to guide the Labour Party back to power in Britain.

Benefit of higher credit score dwindles at top end (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:19 PM PDT AP - Have you been working to boost your credit score before trying to get a mortgage? It may not yield the payback you expect.

Economy expands at fastest since 2001 (AFP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:19 AM PDT AFP - The economy grew at the fastest rate for nine years in the second quarter, data confirmed on Tuesday, one day after the IMF praised the government's plans to rapidly slash the public deficit.

Best Buy to spend more on holidays, hiring flat (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. consumer electronics chain Best Buy Co Inc is planning to hire 29,000 seasonal workers, in line with last year's hiring levels, as it prepares for the holiday shopping season.

JPMorgan faces lawyers' queries on foreclosures practices (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - Lawyers in Florida, one of the states hardest hit by the housing crisis, are questioning JPMorgan Chase and Co's foreclosure practices after discovering an executive authorized such a proceeding without knowing whether the bank had a valid claim.

Oil rises with corporate deals; pump prices fall (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT AP - Oil prices rose Tuesday as traders dismissed a disheartening report about U.S. consumer confidence and focused on more upbeat news from corporate America and Europe.

IRS won't be mailing tax forms next year (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:39 PM PDT AP - Don't look for tax forms and instructions in your mailbox next year. The Internal Revenue Service has decided to stop mailing them because so many people now file electronically.

Germany's Daimler to add integrity executive (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:09 AM PDT AP - German car maker Daimler AG announced plans Tuesday to add a new integrity officer to its management board, months after the company agreed to pay $185 million to U.S. authorities in a bribery case.

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