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• Data, Fed to test if rally has legs

  13 Mar 2010

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will try to tack another leg on to the year-long U.S. stock rally, looking to next week's economic data and statement from the central bank for evidence the recovery is still on track. ..More

• Euro finance ministers to agree on Greek aid: source

  13 Mar 2010

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are likely to agree on Monday on a mechanism for aiding Greece financially, if it is required, but will leave out any sums until Athens asks for them, an EU source said on Saturday. ..More

• UBS may return to commodities in 2010: report

  13 Mar 2010

  ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS is considering possibly returning to its commodities business this year, some of which it sold during the financial crisis, a Swiss newspaper said on Saturday, citing the co-head of UBS's investment bank. ..More

• Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report

  13 Mar 2010

  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. ..More

• Greeks back austerity measures, oppose unrest: poll

  13 Mar 2010

  ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks think draconian austerity measures announced by the government earlier this month were along the right lines and many feel labor unions should not oppose them too aggressively, a poll showed. ..More

• Kuwait Dar seeks government support

  13 Mar 2010

  KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's Investment Dar , which owns half of British carmaker Aston Martin, is applying for support under a government facility set up for troubled companies as part of a debt restructuring. ..More

• Swisscom CEO says Fastweb victim of fraud: report

  13 Mar 2010

  ZURICH (Reuters) - The chief executive of Swisscom AG said Fastweb was a victim of fraud, a Swiss paper reported on Saturday, the second time the CEO has come out in defense of his company's subsidiary. ..More

• Six imperatives for financial regulation: Summers

  13 Mar 2010

  PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - The United States should rethink domestic and global financial regulation, Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, said on Friday, outlining six "imperatives." ..More

• MGM Mirage says CityCenter contractor to file suit

  13 Mar 2010

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The primary general contractor for the $8.5 billion CityCenter project on the Las Vegas Strip plans to sue the project's owners for $492 million. ..More

• Lehman report may point way for criminal charges

  12 Mar 2010

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An explosive report by a court-appointed examiner on the collapse of Lehman Brothers may prove to be a roadmap for prosecutors to bring criminal cases against the investment bank's former executives, legal experts say. ..More

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