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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Morning Digest: Equities buoyed by Nikkei high, dollar edges up

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12/24/2013
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Equities buoyed by Nikkei high, dollar edges up
LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark stock index hit a six-year closing high on Tuesday, helping prop up global equities, while the U.S. dollar inched higher, and some traders saw world stock markets extending their 2013 rally into next year..
Exclusive: Iran official got job in Khamenei conglomerate after approving deal
(Reuters) - In the fall of 2009, two of Iran's most powerful entities teamed up to participate in the largest deal in the history of the country's stock exchange..
Exclusive: Carlyle near deal to buy J&J diagnostics unit - sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP is nearing an agreement to acquire Johnson & Johnson's ortho clinical diagnostics unit, four people familiar with the matter said on Monday, in a deal expected to be worth around $4 billion..
A Minute With: Ralph Fiennes on Dickens, Shakespeare and Bond
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From Shakespeare to "Harry Potter" to the new head of MI6 in the "James Bond" film franchise, Ralph Fiennes has mined the complexity of his characters..
49ers claim playoff spot in dramatic fashion
(Reuters) - A dramatic, fourth-quarter interception return clinched a playoff spot for the San Francisco 49ers as they edged the Atlanta Falcons 34-24 on Monday to celebrate their final regular season game at Candlestick Park..
Japan's 7-Eleven kingpin looks to U.S. to inspire online revolution
TOKYO (Reuters) - The 81-year-old Japanese executive who built 7-Eleven into the world's biggest convenience store chain has a new mission: turning more than 50,000 bricks and mortar stores in Japan into portals to a new online retail empire..
Astronauts ready for second spacewalk to repair station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are planning a second and final spacewalk to fix the outpost's cooling system early on Tuesday, a NASA official said..
The year that was: The good, the bad and the funny
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden congratulated the wrong man on being elected mayor of Boston and college football star Manti Te'o publicly mourned the death of a girlfriend who never was..
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