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• Wall St flat, rally may be vulnerable (Reuters)
• Housing, confidence data bolster growth outlook (Reuters)
• Greece launches debt swap offer to private bondholders (Reuters)
• Clearwire shares fall after Google says to sell stake (Reuters)
• Fed says policy appropriate, few hints of new stimulus (Reuters)
• Oil rises to fresh 9-month high above $108 in Asia (AP)
• Penney reports 4Q loss dragged down by charges (AP)
• Greece launches formal offer for debt writedown (AP)
• Coming: ETF version of world's biggest mutual fund (AP)
• Structural reforms needed even in recovery: OECD (Reuters)
• Penney's February sales down (Reuters)
• St. Louis, suburbs clash over growing homelessness (AP)
• W. Pa. tests: Chemicals in drilling area water (AP)
• Study: Candidates' plans lead to huge deficits (AP)
• Fiat may shut two Italian plants if U.S. plans fail (Reuters)

Wall St flat, rally may be vulnerable (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:39 AM PST Reuters - Stocks were little changed on Friday, hovering around highs not seen since June 2008, while energy shares gained alongside crude oil prices.

Housing, confidence data bolster growth outlook (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:43 AM PST Reuters - New U.S. home sales fell in January but upward revisions to the prior months' data and a drop in the supply of properties on the market added to signs of a budding housing recovery.

Greece launches debt swap offer to private bondholders (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:35 AM PST Reuters - Greece on Friday submitted a debt swap offer to private bondholders, a key part of a 130-billion euro EU/IMF bailout plan to save the country from bankruptcy.

Clearwire shares fall after Google says to sell stake (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:39 AM PST Reuters - Shares in Clearwire Corp fell 6 percent on Friday after an analyst said a decision by Google Inc to sell its Clearwire stake at a discount could be followed by other investors ditching their shares in the wireless service provider.

Fed says policy appropriate, few hints of new stimulus (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:20 AM PST Reuters - Top Federal Reserve officials said on Friday the U.S. central bank's ultra-easy policy is appropriate for a sluggish economy but one policymaker said further easing would only be warranted if conditions worsen.

Oil rises to fresh 9-month high above $108 in Asia (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST AP - Oil prices rose to a fresh nine-month high above $108 a barrel Friday in Asia amid signs the U.S. economy is improving against a backdrop of elevated tensions in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program.

Penney reports 4Q loss dragged down by charges (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:04 AM PST AP - J.C. Penney Co. reported a loss of $87 million in the fourth-quarter due in part to an aggressive turnaround plan that includes ditching blockbuster sales for everyday low prices in its stores.

Greece launches formal offer for debt writedown (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:25 AM PST AP - Greece has issued an official offer for a massive bond swap designed to knock euro107 billion ($142 billion) off its debt held by banks and other private investors.

Coming: ETF version of world's biggest mutual fund (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:03 PM PST AP - Call it PIMCO Total Return 2.0. The world's largest mutual fund, run by star bond trader Bill Gross, will soon also be available to investors as an exchange-traded fund.

Structural reforms needed even in recovery: OECD (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:02 AM PST Reuters - The recent financial crisis and sluggish recovery around the globe have rightly helped spur governments to take on structural reforms such as in the labor, retirement and tax sectors to the benefit of many nations, the OECD said on Friday.

Penney's February sales down (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:51 AM PST Reuters - J.C. Penney Co Inc's February sales are down from last year, its chief executive said on Friday, as the retailer tries to get shoppers used to a new pricing strategy that does not include the discounts that hurt margins.

St. Louis, suburbs clash over growing homelessness (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST AP - Sometimes the men emerge from out-of-town police cruisers that stop at homeless shelters and then quickly drive off. Others turn up still wearing gowns from suburban hospitals.

W. Pa. tests: Chemicals in drilling area water (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:20 AM PST AP - A western Pennsylvania woman says state environmental officials refused to do follow-up tests after their lab reported her drinking water contained chemicals that could be from nearby gas drilling.

Study: Candidates' plans lead to huge deficits (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 01:16 AM PST AP - Huge tax cuts in the budget plans of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would produce the kinds of trillion-dollar-plus deficits that the GOP candidates are blaming on President Barack Obama.

Fiat may shut two Italian plants if U.S. plans fail (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST Reuters - Italian carmaker Fiat may have to close two of its loss-making five domestic plants if plans to export to the growing U.S. market don't materialize, its Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Friday.

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