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• Efforts at euro zone solution bolster Wall St (Reuters)
• Merkel majority in doubt on euro rescue fund (Reuters)
• Health insurance premiums climb faster in 2011 (Reuters)
• Consumer morale, home prices steady at low level (Reuters)
• Apple expected to unveil new iPhone next week (Reuters)
• UN council to take up Palestinian bid Wednesday (AP)
• Confidence to improve only slightly in Sept. (AP)
• Walgreen fiscal 4th-qtr profit jumps 69 percent (AP)
• Greek parliament passes new property tax bill (AP)
• Many cities imposing broad cuts as revenue shrinks (AP)
• China lures WTO to brink of procurement deal -source (Reuters)
• RIM Retailers Slash PlayBook Prices To $299 (NewsFactor)
• Spring buying boosts US home prices for 4th month (AP)
• Turkish ship begins oil exploration off Cyprus (AP)
• Governor vetoes tax break for "Jersey Shore" (Reuters)
• NHTSA investigating possible Jeep air bag problem (AP)

Efforts at euro zone solution bolster Wall St (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks extended their rally on Tuesday, sparked by euro zone officials' efforts to solidify the region's rescue fund in an attempt to alleviate the debt crisis.

Merkel majority in doubt on euro rescue fund (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:33 AM PDT Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may fall short of a majority in her own coalition for a crucial reform of the euro zone rescue fund meant to stop a sovereign debt crisis spreading, in what would be a severe blow to her authority, a test vote showed.

Health insurance premiums climb faster in 2011 (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:20 AM PDT Reuters - The cost of health insurance continues to climb for companies and workers, with annual family premiums this year growing at a pace triple that of 2010 and outpacing wage increases, according to a survey.

Consumer morale, home prices steady at low level (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - Americans worried about their incomes as they struggled to find work in September, holding consumer confidence at depressed levels and pointing to weak spending in the months ahead.

Apple expected to unveil new iPhone next week (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:15 AM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc looks set next week to unveil its much-awaited new iPhone, which analysts say will have a bigger screen and work better with remote computing services.

UN council to take up Palestinian bid Wednesday (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:43 PM PDT AP - The U.N. Security Council will meet Wednesday to start the process of formally considering the Palestinian request for membership in the world body, the council president said Monday.

Confidence to improve only slightly in Sept. (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:27 AM PDT AP - Consumers' confidence in the economy, which plummeted in August, is expected to show only slight improvement in figures being released Tuesday.

Walgreen fiscal 4th-qtr profit jumps 69 percent (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:44 AM PDT AP - Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 69 percent, boosted in part by a gain from the $525-million sale of its pharmacy benefits management business.

Greek parliament passes new property tax bill (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT AP - Greek lawmakers have passed a controversial new property tax bill that aims to boost revenue as the country struggles to meet its fiscal targets and gain approval for a critical installment of bailout loans that will prevent it from default.

Many cities imposing broad cuts as revenue shrinks (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:54 AM PDT AP - More than half of cities have cut staff, canceled construction projects or raised fees this year, according to a report from the National League of Cities that catalogs the vast damage from shrunken property- and income-tax revenue.

China lures WTO to brink of procurement deal -source (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - Forty-two countries are close to agreeing an upgrade of their Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), a reform that could unlock tens of billions of dollars of commercial opportunities, and many times more if China gets on board, trade sources said on Monday.

RIM Retailers Slash PlayBook Prices To $299 (NewsFactor) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:02 AM PDT NewsFactor - In what appears to be taking a page out of Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad playbook, retailers are slashing the price of Research In Motion's tablet. The RIM PlayBook is turning up in stores for as little as $299.

Spring buying boosts US home prices for 4th month (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:52 AM PDT AP - Home prices rose for a fourth straight month in most major U.S. cities in July, buoyed by the peak buying season. But the housing market remains depressed, and prices are expected to decline in the coming months.

Turkish ship begins oil exploration off Cyprus (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:10 AM PDT AP - Turkey is using its navy and air force to escort a ship conducting oil and gas exploration off Cyprus, an official said Tuesday, in the latest development in a dispute over the ownership of the divided island nation's natural resources.

Governor vetoes tax break for "Jersey Shore" (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey vetoed on Monday a $420,000 film tax credit dubbed the "Snooki Subsidy" for the reality show "The Jersey Shore," citing the state's budget crunch.

NHTSA investigating possible Jeep air bag problem (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 07:59 AM PDT AP - Federal regulators are investigating reports that the air bags on some Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles are suddenly going off without a crash happening.

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