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Stock futures rise slightly ahead of payrolls data

Reuters: Business News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:13:36 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures edged higher on Friday as investors awaited the monthly payrolls report to see whether to make more large bets in risk assets after recent equity gains.

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Wall Street edges up ahead of January payrolls report

Reuters: Business News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:57:26 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged higher on Thursday after weekly jobless claims fell in the latest week, but gains were limited as investors were reluctant to make big bets ahead of Friday’s payrolls report and a recent rally.

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European stocks, euro firm on economy hopes

Reuters: Business News — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – Better-than-expected data from China’s giant manufacturing sector boosted global stocks and the euro on Tuesday and pushed safe-haven bets like German bonds lower.

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Wall Street dips at end of volatile year

Reuters: Business News — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:00:54 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged lower on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as investors waited for next year to begin making large bets.

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Wall Street opens nearly flat

Reuters: Business News — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:20:36 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks opened little changed on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as investors waited until next year to begin making large bets.

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Futures flat as volatile year nears end

Reuters: Business News — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:19:06 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures were little changed on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as investors waited until the next year to begin making large bets.

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Futures flat after last week’s gains

Reuters: Business News — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:30:53 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday as investors found little reason to make big bets in what was expected to be a light-volume session following the previous week’s gains.

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Futures off ahead of factory, home price data

Reuters: Business News — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:34:12 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures were lower on Tuesday as investors found little reason to make big bets in what was expected to be a light-volume session following the previous week’s gains.

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Gilead bets $11 billion on hepatitis in Pharmasset deal

Reuters: Business News — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:50:03 +0000

(Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc struck a deal to buy biotechnology company Pharmasset Inc for about $11 billion in a huge and risky bet on the next generation of hepatitis C treatments.

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MF Global fires brokerage staff en masse

Reuters: Business News — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:50:34 +0000

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – MF Global fired all 1,066 of its brokerage employees on Friday, triggering anger and resentment about the firm’s collapse after bad bets on European debt under former CEO Jon Corzine’s leadership.

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