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  1. ABN Amro, Barclays close to $80 bln deal: WSJ
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  3. Wal-Mart shares carry index to higher close
  4. Ladish quarterly profit falls 24%
  5. Microsoft hit with patent suit from Vertical Computer
  6. Sirva reduces board size to 10 members from 15
  7. TransDigm files for secondary offering of 11.5 mln shares
  8. Merck: Texas court dismisses claim of Vioxx user
  9. Turnout rises in first round of French elections
  10. Sarkozy, Royal in 2nd round of French presidential elections
  11. ABN Amro agrees to back Barclays takeover offer
  12. British Airways rules out independent Iberia bid
  13. AstraZeneca to pay $15.6 billion cash for MedImmune
  14. Nestle posts higher sales, reconfirms fiscal year target
  15. Novartis profit up 11% on sales of Diovan, Gleevec
  16. Juniper Networks quarterly profit falls 12% as revenue rises
  17. Cardinal Health reserves $600 mln for possible settlement
  18. Conseco names Bonach to succeed Bullis as CFO
  19. Everest Re quarterly net income jumps 77%
  20. Pactiv profit gains 12% on plastics prices; sales slip
  21. Texas Instruments profit, sales slip; forecast tops views
  22. Lincare quarterly profit rises 13%
  23. Globecomm agrees to acquire GlobalSat for $18.4 mln
  24. Reinsurance Group of America quarterly net rises 10%
  25. LaBranche & Co. swings to a loss
  26. Cinemark Holdings IPO prices at top of range
  27. Parker-Hannifin third-quarter earns $209.3 mln vs $177.5 mln
  28. Deluxe profit and revenue rise
  29. AT&T profit doubles on acquisition, wireless growth
  30. Occidental Pete first-quarter profit $1.21 bln vs $1.23 bln
  31. Weekly chain store sales up 2.1% vs. year ago: survey
  32. TradeStation's trading volume and profit rise
  33. Kelly Services Inc. net income up 39%
  34. Charles & Colvard quarterly profit falls; shares sink
  35. Aftermarket Technology shares surge on first-quarter results
  36. Industrial Services quarterly profit nearly doubles
  37. Grainger raises quarterly cash dividend 21%
  38. Teledyne shares gain as first-quarter profit rises
  39. Lufthansa swings to quarterly profit, one-time gain helps
  40. Siemens CEO Kleinfeld to leave company at end of September
  41. Aegon names Alexander Wynaendts as COO
  42. Grainger backs 2007 earnings outlook
  43. Brookfield Properties profit rises as rent spread rises
  44. CORRECT: Magellan Health Services profit falls, sales rise
  45. Tom Online 1st-quarter net down 99% on 28% lower revenue
  46. EMEA starts safety review of anemia drugs
  47. Paul Allen to bid for U.K. soccer team Southampton: report
  48. Waste Mgmt first-quarter profit $222 mln vs $186 mln
  49. Hollis-Eden to cut 25% of staff in reorganization
  50. Burger King swings to earnings, revenue rises
  51. Alltel first-quarter profit $230.1 mln vs $297.4 mln
  52. Copper, gold futures climb on news of labor strike in Peru
  53. WellCare quarterly profit rises 49%; revenue jumps
  54. Citi selects Publicis to manage global brand identity
  55. Cardiome inks licensing deal with Eli Lilly
  56. SEC doling out $357 mln to defrauded Fannie Mae investors
  57. Deutsche Boerse agrees to acquire ISE for $2.8 bln: reports
  58. Van Eck launches first Russian ETF on Big Board
  59. Genesis HealthCare gets revised offer from Fillmore
  60. Copper, gold futures post gains for the day and month
  61. WMS Industries' shares rally as quarterly profit rises
  62. BigBand Networks' shares fall on first-quarter results
  63. Chrysler names Accavitti head of Dodge marketing
  64. American Reprographics' profit rises; shares fall
  65. Gold futures rise to a more than 1-week high above $690
  66. AEP Industries agrees to buyback shares from Third Point
  67. Blackbaud shares rally on first-quarter results
  68. Odds of rate cut through end of year increase
  69. ISTA Pharma shares sink on T-Pred news
  70. Buffett sees no 'orchestrated' credit contraction
  71. Berkshire shareholders vote against Darfur resolution
  72. Global warming may increase hurricane losses, Buffett says
  73. Berkshire's insurance earnings to decline, Buffett says
  74. Subprime defaults made worse by securitization: Buffett
  75. Buffett defends dual-class share structure in newspaper biz
  76. Sarkozy wins French presidential elections: exit polls
  77. Sarkozy's victory could bring better relationship w/ U.S.
  78. Sarkozy says France back in Europe, calls America a 'friend'
  79. DTI says British Energy share sale price set at 520 pence
  80. Rexam forms joint venture with Mexico's Envases Universales
  81. Fortress offer for Alea didn't meet 75% shareholder approval
  82. AstraZeneca says 96% of MedImmune shares tendered
  83. iSoft, IBA considering action after CSC blocks bid
  84. Laurent-Perrier profit up 34.4%, sees growth slowing
  85. Balfour Beatty gave information to OFT as part of probe
  86. European shares inch higher ahead of U.S. jobs data
  87. Shanghai Composite ends down 2.7% amid austerity rule fears
  88. LSE cut to sell at WestLB
  89. News Corp. to explore options for News Outdoor Group
  90. ICE urges CBOT shareholders to vote against CME sale
  91. Starbucks falls as CFO cites rising costs, softening growth
  92. Jefferies acquires Putnam Lovell investment-banking business
  93. U.S. natural-gas supply up 89 billion cubic ft: Energy Dept.
  94. Textron unit awarded $255.5 mln Army contract modification
  95. Pier 1 shutters stores, catalog, Internet business
  96. Wachovia draws NASD fine over fee-based accounts
  97. Philly manufacturing activity picks up in June
  98. Tellabs hails high court ruling on securities suit standard
  99. TNK-BP to sell Kovykta stake to Gazprom for up to $900 mln
  100. Lear Corp. reschedules vote on Icahn offer
  101. Gold futures rebound, as traders lock gains
  102. CME urges CBOT shareholder to OK merger offer
  103. ICE buying Winnipeg Commodity Exchange for C$40 mln
  104. Treasurys slightly lower in early trade
  105. Yen rout continues in U.S. session
  106. National Coal Corp. buying Alabama's Mann Steel for $55 mln
  107. Freddie Mac's mortgage portfolio grows 13% annualized in May
  108. Blackstone to price close to $40, for 29% gain
  109. British pound rises to 26-year high ahead of BofE meeting
  110. Walgreen agrees to acquire Option Care in $850 mln deal
  111. Dollar falls against yen after Japanese firm data
  112. CTS OKs 2 million-share buyback program
  113. ADM upgraded by Bank of America, sees corn-cost upside
  114. Nasdaq to launch new ETF market with focus on liquidity
  115. CORRECT: Och-Ziff Capital Management files for $2 bln IPO
  116. Smith College president named to Merrill Lynch board
  117. Charles Schwab announces $3.5 bln capital restructuring
  118. Gold futures near a two-week high
  119. Segro agrees EUR197 million Frankfurt sale, leaseback deal
  120. Scottish & Newcastle expects to meet fiscal-year targets
  121. Autonomy to buy Zantaz, sees results ahead of expectations
  122. SAP admits 'inappropriate' downloads, denies Oracle charge
  123. Novartis to increase U.S. flu vaccine supplies by 30%
  124. Silverjet June load factor 70%, bookings ahead of forecast
  125. Barclays holds 5% stake in Adecco
  126. Danone shares suspended in Paris
  127. European shares higher in early trading; SAP slips
  128. China Shenhua Energy shares climb on Shanghai share plan
  129. Sanofi-Aventis: Japan accepts Plavix review application
  130. Morgan Crucible sees margins growing, seeks acquisitions
  131. Sodexho-Alliance posts sales rise, sticks to targets
  132. Rexam to buy Russian can maker for $297 million
  133. Deutsche Telekom secures German iPhone rights: report
  134. Endemol: Edam to start buyout offer, sales up
  135. European shares trade in tight range, hotel groups up
  136. Credit Suisse ups European telecoms sector to overweight
  137. Ahold upgraded to overweight at J.P. Morgan
  138. U.K. chancellor rules out move on private equity tax: report
  139. U.K. house prices rose 0.4% in June
  140. UBS upgrades Rentokil Initial to buy from neutral
  141. ITV net advertising revenue declines
  142. UBS cuts Swedish Match to reduce from neutral
  143. Ryanair June passenger traffic up 18%, load factor slips
  144. Sterling hits fresh 26-year high against dollar
  145. Officials mull relaxing terrorist threat level in U.K.
  146. British Airways June traffic, load factor slip
  147. Japan leads Asia higher
  148. WPP Group unit buys another interactive ad agency
  149. Beazer shares fall again, setting fresh lows
  150. Freddie Mac: 30-yr mortgage average falls to 6.63%
  151. U.S. crude supply climbs for a 5th week: Energy Dept.
  152. API reports 1.2 million-barrel rise in crude supply
  153. Money benchmarked to S&P 500 approaches $5 trln
  154. Bassett Furniture swings to a second-quarter loss
  155. Bank Austria to buy 95% of Ukraine's Ukrosotsbank for $2.2B
  156. Volkswagen America names Stefan Jacoby CEO
  157. 3M, Batteries.com settle patent dispute
  158. Rio Tinto reportedly hires two banks for Alcan bid advice
  159. Mondi agrees to buy Tire Kutsan stake, Unterland Flexible
  160. Aga may sell foodservice unit
  161. Daily Mail to pay $129 million for U.K. local papers
  162. Rightmove sees profit at least matching expectations
  163. Arcelor Mittal's Junck to retire on 'successful' integration
  164. EasyJet traffic improves 15% in June, but load factor falls
  165. Premiere may get Bundesliga TV rights, report says
  166. Peugeot-Citroen posts flat first-half sales
  167. European shares in tight range ahead of U.S. jobs data
  168. Carlyle gets antitrust OK for PQ Corp. buy from J.P. Morgan
  169. Gold futures head lower for a third session
  170. Energy stocks creep higher as crude regains $72 a barrel
  171. Airlines open lower as crude oil streaks past $72 a barrel
  172. Savvis owner distributes 5 mln shares to partners
  173. Clearwire gains again; big phone stocks edge higher
  174. Mechel pegs $2.7 bln for capital improvements by 2011
  175. U.S. natural-gas supply up 78 billion cubic ft: Energy Dept.
  176. Parametric Tech shares plunge on earnings, sales warnings
  177. General Dynamics gets $80 mln Army tank support contract
  178. U.S. 'studying' India's withdrawal of alcohol import duties
  179. Northwest Air June traffic falls 0.7%; capacity up 0.3%
  180. Frontier Air June traffic rises 15.2%; capacity up 12.7%
  181. Treasurys sell off after jobs report hints at strength
  182. Mercury Computer CFO Hult to retire Sept. 28
  183. U.S. stocks rise Friday; post strong gains for the week
  184. BancFirst: Sale to add 26 cents to third-quarter earnings
  185. Lincoln Financial Chair, CEO Boscia retiring
  186. Sprint disconnects clients over excessive inquiries: WSJ
  187. Truck bomber kills more than 100 in northern Iraq: reports
  188. Roche signs alliance deal with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
  189. Refiner Petroplus cut to neutral at UBS on outperformance
  190. Next cut to underweight at HSBC on 'washout' summer
  191. Taylor Nelson sees organic revenue growth over 5%
  192. Rexam, Xchanging upped by Citi to buy, Regus cut to hold
  193. Cable & Wireless cut to equal-weight at Morgan Stanley
  194. European indexes gain ground; Rolls-Royce up
  195. Univar climbs 36% on CVC Capital's $2.1 bln buyout offer
  196. Tate & Lyle upped to outperform at Credit Suisse
  197. Shire cut to neutral vs. overweight at J.P. Morgan
  198. KBR awarded $2.8 bln contract in Algeria; shares rally
  199. WellPoint agrees to acquire American Imaging for $300 mln
  200. CBS drops 'Jack' format in NY market, return to classics
  201. National Grid, KeySpan reach deal with NY agency over merger
  202. Danone plan to buy Numico for $16.7 billion
  203. Johnson & Johnson OKs $10 bln share buyback program
  204. Meadowbrook shares fall on share offering, revised outlook
  205. Berkshire's Buffett gives 572,375 B shares to 5 foundations
  206. Northwest Bio soars on Swiss OK for brain cancer vaccine
  207. Tyco stock sheds 3% after Citgroup downgrades to sell
  208. GM, Ford upgraded to overweight at J.P. Morgan
  209. NYSE trading volumes hit all-time high
  210. Noven Pharmaceuticals to buy privately held JDS for $125 mln
  211. Home Depot lowers earnings goal, blames housing market
  212. Emmis Communications post loss on radio weakness
  213. Greenbrier Co. profit climbs stronger-than-forecast 22%
  214. Bausch & Lomb still backs Warburg bid, in rival bid talks
  215. Pepsi Bottling ups earnings outlook as quarterly net up 9.5%
  216. International Speedway posts higher revenue, lower profit
  217. Central European Distribution ups 2007 EPS, sales view
  218. CalAmp sees first-quarter charge; cuts earnings outlook
  219. Yum Brands profit rises 12% on strength in int'l markets
  220. Endo withdraws ketoprofen patch NDA filing date forecast
  221. House passes foreign investment overhaul
  222. GE, Abbott terminate $8 bln business sale agreement
  223. Men's Wearhouse boosts second-quarter earnings outlook
  224. Ruby Tuesday's quarterly profit falls 22%
  225. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson dies at age 94: AP
  226. Best Buy names Owen to lead entertainment business group
  227. South Korea hits intraday high as Asian stocks rise
  228. Reynolds American names Allied Waste CEO Zillmer to board
  229. CORRECT: CBOT, CME merger expected to close later Thursday
  230. SEC charges ex-Engineered Support execs in options scheme
  231. Mirant unit to pay $11 mln penalty to resolve probe: DOJ
  232. CORRECT: UBS cuts Royal Dutch Shell to neutral from buy
  233. Federal budget surplus rises to $27.5 billion in June
  234. Flow International swings to a loss; shares fall
  235. Gold futures close at a five-week high
  236. Intel shares climb 4.5% as analyst raises estimates
  237. Crude ends slightly lower after a volatile trading session
  238. Canadian M&A volume at record $199.5 billion with Alcan deal
  239. Alcoa rallies after killing Alcan bid; J.P. Morgan ups views
  240. U.S. July UMich consumer sentiment 92.4 vs 85.3 in June
  241. Crude futures head higher after a two-session decline
  242. Highland Hospitality holders approve acquisition
  243. Nasdaq reports June performance statistics
  244. Lawmakers question private-equity deals in communications
  245. Fitch lowers Standard Pacific's outlook to negative
  246. Mesaba Airlines June traffic falls 55%
  247. Gold futures head lower, but trades higher for the week
  248. Treasurys rise; retail sales unexpectedly weak
  249. Crude futures close pennies shy of $74 a barrel
  250. OFHEO issues guidance to Freddie, Fannie for subprime deals