Sunday, July 3, 2011

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Euro zone warns Greeks on sovereignty and privatization (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:35 AM PDT

Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers have approved a 12 billion euro ($17.4 billion) installment of Greece's bailout, but signaled that the nation must expect significant losses of sovereignty and jobs.

Banks cutting principal on some mortgages: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co have started modifying tens of thousands of mortgages where the banks deem the loans especially risky, even if the borrowers have not asked, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

Case for Sprint shares weakens: Barron's (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The case for buying shares of wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp is weakening as the company faces tough choices about upgrading its network, Barron's reported in its latest issue.

UBS reviewing goals in tough conditions: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Switzerland's UBS is still facing difficult market conditions after a tough second quarter and is reviewing its mid-term goals, the bank's chairman was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Manufacturing rises but consumers remain wary (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Reuters - The pace of growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up for the first time in four months in June, surprising investors and fueling optimism the recent economic slowdown will be temporary.

French split on return to politics for DSK (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his temporary residence in Tribeca, Saturday, July 2, 2011, in New York.  A judge released him Friday without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - A new poll indicates that French people are divided over whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn should re-enter French politics after the weakening of the sexual assault case against the former International Monetary Fund chief.


Free of house arrest, Strauss-Kahn savors New York (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair leave the apartment where they are staying in New York. With the sex assault case against Strauss-Kahn hanging by a thread, damning new revelations emerged about his accuser whose mounting credibility problems prompted the former IMF chief's release from house arrest.(AFP/Jessica Rinaldi)AFP - With the sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn hanging by a thread, damning new revelations have emerged about his accuser, whose mounting credibility problems prompted the ex-IMF chief's release from house arrest.


Iraq oil minister says no need for national oil co (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:38 AM PDT

Reuters - The creation of a new Iraqi National Oil Company to run the OPEC member's energy sector is not essential and might confuse the work of the oil ministry, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday.

Obama: 'Nothing can be off-limits' in budget (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia. Time for a critical deal to raise the government's borrowing limit and slash spending may be even shorter than it seems. Even if quarreling lawmakers can somehow agree soon, it is doubtful that Congress can write it up in binding fashion and pass it before an Aug. 2 deadline that the Treasury Department reconfirmed Friday is the day it will start running short of money to pay bills. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that "nothing can be off-limits" in the budget debate — even though Republicans have said tax increases are. The president said every tax break and federal program must come under scrutiny.


New VW plant on UAW radar as friendly target (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT

AP - After decades of getting the cold shoulder from automakers in the South, the United Auto Workers union is courting the region's newcomer, Volkswagen.

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