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• Apple lifts Nasdaq in cautious market (Reuters)
• Housing data points to slowdown in sales (Reuters)
• Fed set to push back timing of eventual rate hike (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Senate investigating HSBC for money laundering (Reuters)
• Stellar Apple results point to a good year ahead (Reuters)
• Strong start for stocks, but what's changed? (Reuters)
• Strong business morale shows Germany will avoid recession (Reuters)
• Delta 4Q profit soars on higher fares, demand (AP)
• Morgan Stanley CEO sees better markets in 2012 (Reuters)
• Obama urges taxing the rich, reining in Wall Street (Reuters)
• Ireland swaps euro3.5B in bonds, 1st time since 2010 (AP)
• Sales contracts for homes dip from 19-month high (AP)
• Crude price rises on Iran threat to stop oil sales (AP)
• Review: Software extras ease do-it-yourself taxes (AP)
• West Virginia gas prices down slightly (AP)

Apple lifts Nasdaq in cautious market (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 fell on Wednesday on concerns over Greek debt talks, stalling a strong rally from last year, but the Nasdaq rose on Apple's forecast-beating results.

Housing data points to slowdown in sales (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:28 AM PST Reuters - Signed contracts for the sale of existing U.S. homes retreated from a 1-1/2-year high in December and demand for home loans fell last week, pointing to a moderation in home sales after recent hefty gains.

Fed set to push back timing of eventual rate hike (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST Reuters - The Federal Reserve looks set to keep monetary policy on hold on Wednesday, even as it releases forecasts expected to show interest rates will be near zero for at least two more years.

Exclusive: Senate investigating HSBC for money laundering (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:30 AM PST Reuters - HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a long-running U.S. effort to halt shadowy money flows through global banks, according to people familiar with the situation and a company securities filing.

Stellar Apple results point to a good year ahead (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:15 AM PST Reuters - Apple Inc shares surged the most in more than three years, after skyrocketing iPhone and iPad sales helped it smash Wall Street expectations, prompting analysts to raise their price targets on the stock by as much as $100.

Strong start for stocks, but what's changed? (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:14 AM PST Reuters - Stocks rising, bulls rampant are motifs you might pick if designing a coat of arms for Wall Street at the moment. But the motto should read: Caveat emptor. Yes, buyer beware.

Strong business morale shows Germany will avoid recession (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:38 AM PST Reuters - German business sentiment rose for the third month in a row in January, beating expectations and offering fresh evidence that Europe's largest economy is shrugging off a sovereign debt crisis that has hammered growth in other euro zone countries.

Delta 4Q profit soars on higher fares, demand (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST AP - Delta Air Lines' quarterly profit soared as higher fares offset a bigger fuel bill.

Morgan Stanley CEO sees better markets in 2012 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:14 AM PST Reuters - Capital markets in 2012 are better than they were in 2011, Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman said on Wednesday, adding that his bank is in a "very good position for Basel III standards."

Obama urges taxing the rich, reining in Wall Street (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:05 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama used his last State of the Union speech before the November election to paint himself as the champion of the middle class, by demanding higher taxes for millionaires and tight reins on Wall Street.

Ireland swaps euro3.5B in bonds, 1st time since 2010 (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:53 AM PST AP - Ireland tapped the bond markets Wednesday for the first time since its humiliating bailout and swapped more than euro3.5 billion ($4.6 billion) in treasuries, in an unexpectedly strong test of investor sentiment toward the debt-struck nation.

Sales contracts for homes dip from 19-month high (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST AP - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell in December after hitting the highest level in a year and a half a month earlier.

Crude price rises on Iran threat to stop oil sales (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:27 AM PST AP - Oil prices are rising after Iran lawmakers threatened to halt oil sales to Europe

Review: Software extras ease do-it-yourself taxes (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST AP - It's never been easier to prepare your own tax return.

West Virginia gas prices down slightly (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:24 AM PST AP - Gas prices have dropped slightly in West Virginia.

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