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Friday, November 25, 2011

Business Today: Stock futures lower as shares eye worst week in 2 months

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Stock futures lower as shares eye worst week in 2 months
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Friday with equities eyeing a seventh straight session of losses, their longest losing streak in four months, as investor fret about global growth and the euro zone's debt crisis. | Full Article
Crowds hit stores for "Black Friday" deals
November 25, 2011 06:25 AM ET
(Reuters) - Bargain hunters flocked to stores late Thursday and overnight Friday, searching for deals on big screen televisions, video games and toys while fretting about their own shaky economic well-being. | Full Article
"Awful" Italy debt sale heightens euro zone stress
November 25, 2011 07:50 AM ET
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy paid a record 6.5 percent to borrow money over six months on Friday and its longer-term funding costs soared far above levels seen as sustainable for public finances, raising the pressure on Rome's new emergency government. | Full Article
Gap says to triple China network in 2012
November 25, 2011 07:26 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apparel brand Gap Inc said on Friday that it aims to triple its store network in China next year, one of the latest foreign brands to target the country's consumer spending growth. | Full Article
Ex-Olympus CEO says willing but not begging to return
November 25, 2011 08:15 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - The British ex-CEO of Japan's Olympus Corp emerged from a frosty meeting of directors on Friday convinced its board would eventually quit over an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, but he said he wasn't "begging" to return and clean up the mess. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Thousands rally in Egypt on "last chance Friday"
November 25, 2011 08:20 AM ET
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule converged on Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday in what activists say will be the biggest day yet in a week of demonstrations in which 41 people have been killed. | Full Article
Pressure grows on Syria but foreign powers divided
November 25, 2011 08:06 AM ET
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey and Arab powers kept up pressure on Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to end the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators on Friday but longtime ally Russia warned against any foreign intervention. | Full Article
Lawmakers to look at Corzine, rating firms' ties: report
November 24, 2011 07:01 PM ET
(Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers plan to look into the relationship between bankrupt mid-size brokerage firm MF Global Holdings Ltd's former CEO Jon Corzine and the major credit-rating agencies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. | Full Article
AT&T braces for T-Mobile deal collapse
November 25, 2011 08:22 AM ET
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - AT&T said it would take a $4 billion charge in case its takeover of T-Mobile USA fails, a tacit recognition of the dwindling chances that the deal will get through U.S. regulators who say it would destroy jobs and curb competition. | Full Article
Australia approves $11 billion Foster's sale to SABMiller
November 24, 2011 06:23 PM ET
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government approved on Friday SABMiller's A$11.5 billion ($11.2 billion) deal to acquire Foster's Group Ltd under foreign acquisitions laws, but imposed conditions requiring the company to keep brewing operations in Australia. | Full Article
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