Monday, January 23, 2012

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Wall Street stalls at open after big run (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:09 AM PST

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)Reuters - Stocks were little changed in early trading on Monday after equities posted their best week in a month as the euro zone debt crisis and the economy showed signs of stabilizing.

Germany, France press for rapid Greek debt deal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:45 AM PST

Reuters - Germany and France pressed on Monday for a rapid deal between Greece and its private creditors that cuts its soaring debt to sustainable levels and said they were committed to a sealing a new bailout for Athens by March to avert a disastrous default.

Europe should boost bailout fund, consider euro bonds: Lagarde (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:36 AM PST

Reuters - The head of the IMF called on European governments to boost the size of their rescue fund and consider financial risk-sharing steps like common euro zone bonds as a way out of their sovereign debt crisis.

Apache to pay $2.8 billion for Anadarko basin acreage (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:53 AM PST

Reuters - Oil and gas producer Apache Corp will buy privately held Cordillera Energy Partners III in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.85 billion, part of a plan to expand its holdings of energy-rich reserves in the Midwestern United States.

RIM and BlackBerry on the edge under new CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:50 AM PST

Reuters - Takeover talk swirled around Research In Motion on Monday as investors and analysts pondered whether new Chief Executive Thorsten Heins had been appointed to lead a turnaround of the struggling smartphone maker or prepare it for sale.

A look at economic developments around the globe (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:24 PM PST

AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:

Lost decade of growth for the West (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST

Reuters - Five years after the credit crisis began, Western economies are confronting the prospect of a lost decade of growth, and international diplomats are warning the damage could get even worse if Europe allows its sovereign debt crisis to fester much longer.

Halliburton rides oil boom to 4Q profit (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:54 AM PST

FILE - In this July 13, 2011 photo, Halliburton human resource associates Heather Hopkins, left, and Sonja Franks, center rear, meet with attendees at a National Career Fairs job fair, in Dallas. Halliburton is reporting that its net income jumped nearly 50 percent in the final three months of 2011 as rising oil prices sparked new drilling projects. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)AP - Halliburton's net income spiked 50 percent in the final three months of 2011 as one of the world's biggest oilfield services companies shifted its focus from natural gas to oil, with a barrel of crude again trading near the triple digit mark yet again.

EU ministers pushing bondholders in Greek deal (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, left, speaks with Luxembourg's Prime Minister and head of the eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker during a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. European finance ministers will try on Monday to give new momentum to talks on a Greek debt relief deal that is crucial to avoid a default, but a European diplomat warned that a final agreement may have to wait until a leaders' summit next week. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - European finance chiefs piled pressure on Greece's private creditors on Monday to voluntarily cut the country's massive debt load, with the Dutch minister warning the bondholders may be forced to take losses.

$25B nationwide mortgage deal goes to states (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:02 AM PST

AP - A draft settlement between the nation's major banks and U.S. states over deceptive foreclosure practices has been sent to state officials for review.

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:54 AM PST

Reuters - Some parts of the Canadian real estate market are "probably overvalued" and policymakers are monitoring to see if further steps are needed to cool it, the head of the country's central bank said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. It was the second time in recent days that Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney voiced concern about property prices, which surged after the financial crisis as borrowing costs tumbled.

U.S. housing more affordable than other English countries: study (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:22 AM PST

Reuters - Would-be American home-buyers can take heart: U.S. housing is more affordable than in other English-speaking countries, according to a study of metropolitan areas around the world.

Sudan seized oil worth $815 million, South Sudan says (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:47 AM PST

Reuters - South Sudan said Monday it started shutting down oil production and accused Sudan of seizing $815 million worth of crude, escalating an increasingly bitter row over oil revenues between the former civil war foes.

Greece publishes tax dodger list to name and shame (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST

Reuters - A famous singer and a retired basketball star were on a list of 4,000 top tax dodgers released by the Greek government as part of a name-and-shame policy to get evaders to pay up.

AAA Mich.: Gas prices down 16 cents in past week (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:46 AM PST

AP - AAA Michigan said Monday that gasoline prices are down about 16 cents per gallon during the past week to a statewide average of $3.40.
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