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• Wall Street opens 2011 higher on data, January effect (Reuters)
• Manufacturing grows, bolsters 2011 outlook (Reuters)
• BofA in settlement with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (Reuters)
• U.S. jobs trickle in. Whither workers? (Reuters)
• Barnes & Noble says Nook boosts holiday sales (Reuters)
• Stocks mixed on last day of strong year for market (AP)
• Asia factory output powers ahead but inflation worries (Reuters)
• EU hails kickoff for new financial surveillance bodies (AFP)
• 4 Steps to Kick Off the New Year With a Simpler Financial Life (U.S. News & World Report)
• Greece in talks on extending debt repayment: source (Reuters)
• BofA settles home loan buyback claims (AP)
• Oil prices start the new year at a 26-month high (AP)
• Fiat and Chrysler CEO may raise stakes in US firm (AFP)
• The Court Case Haunting Health Care (BusinessWeek)

Wall Street opens 2011 higher on data, January effect (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:43 AM PST Reuters - Stocks rose on Monday, lifting the Nasdaq 100 to a 10-year high, as investors bet a 2010 rally would continue in the new year and factory and housing data pointed to a strengthening recovery.

Manufacturing grows, bolsters 2011 outlook (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Reuters - Manufacturing grew for a 17th straight month in December, a report showed on Monday, extending a recent run of encouraging economic data and suggesting U.S. growth could accelerate further in 2011.

BofA in settlement with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:05 AM PST Reuters - Bank of America Corp said it agreed to pay Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $2.8 billion to settle claims that it sold the mortgage finance companies bad home loans.

U.S. jobs trickle in. Whither workers? (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:02 AM PST Reuters - U.S. private employers have recorded 11 consecutive months of job gains, yet the number of people who are so discouraged that they have given up searching for work stands at an all-time high.

Barnes & Noble says Nook boosts holiday sales (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST Reuters - Barnes & Noble Inc reported strong preliminary holiday results at its superstores, led by the popularity of its Nook e-readers, and shares rose more than 5 percent.

Stocks mixed on last day of strong year for market (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST AP - Stock indexes were mixed Friday in quiet New Year's Eve trading.

Asia factory output powers ahead but inflation worries (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 01:08 AM PST Reuters - Asian factory output powered ahead in December to underline emerging markets' lead in the global recovery although data showed an increasing inflation threat in the region even as growth is tepid in developed economies.

EU hails kickoff for new financial surveillance bodies (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:23 PM PST AFP - The European Union hailed the 2011 kickoff this weekend of a series of new post-crisis pan-European watchdogs aimed at tightening regulation of the finance industry.

4 Steps to Kick Off the New Year With a Simpler Financial Life (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:41 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Our financial lives are getting more and more complex. Of course, part of this increased complexity is due to the evolution of the market and a plethora of new investment products designed to serve a multitude life's financial needs. But a major part of that greater complexity is also due to increased personal responsibility for our finances. From the proliferation of the 401(k) and other self-directed retirement plans to enormously increased sources of information on personal finance, we are increasingly each on the hook for our own financial lives. ...

Greece in talks on extending debt repayment: source (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:09 AM PST Reuters - Greece is in talks with commercial banks on extending the repayment of its outstanding debt, in line with a similar plan to stretch out paying back its EU/IMF bailout, an Athens weekly reported on Friday.

BofA settles home loan buyback claims (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:24 AM PST AP - Bank of America Corp. is settling some buyback claims on bad home loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as it attempts to separate itself further from one of the of the housing downturn's biggest headaches.

Oil prices start the new year at a 26-month high (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST AP - Oil prices rose past $92 a barrel on Monday to a 26-month high, as the new year began with the prospect of higher energy prices to come.

Fiat and Chrysler CEO may raise stakes in US firm (AFP) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:14 AM PST AFP - Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne said Monday he might raise his stake in US automaker Chrysler, which he rescued from bankruptcy in 2009, but he has no immediate plans to merge the two companies.

The Court Case Haunting Health Care (BusinessWeek) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:08 AM PST BusinessWeek - Before there was the Tea Party, there was Roscoe Filburn. Almost 60 years ago, Filburn took a stand against what he saw as federal meddling with his family farm in Dayton. When the Agriculture Dept. fined him for exceeding his government-imposed quota for winter wheat production, Filburn sued, taking his case all the way to the Supreme Court.

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