| Caterpillar profit jumps 58 percent |     |  January 26, 2012 02:54 PM ET |     | (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc reported a 58 percent rise in quarterly  earnings that blew away Wall Street expectations on record sales  of construction and mining equipment, and projected strong growth  for 2012. | Full Article |         | Starbucks posts profit beat, sales jump |     |  January 26, 2012 04:14 PM ET |     | (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's reported a quarterly profit that  topped Wall Street's view after global economic worries failed  to weaken demand for drinks and other products from the world's  biggest coffee chain. | Full Article |        | Insight: How Allen Stanford kept the SEC at bay |     |  January 26, 2012 04:33 PM ET |     | (Reuters) - In 2009, federal investigators finally arrested Houston  financier R. Allen Stanford. For twenty years, Stanford allegedly  had run a $7 billion Ponzi scheme from his offshore bank on  the Caribbean island of Antigua. U.S. authorities had been nosing  around Stanford's empire for longer than a decade but hesitated to open a full-blown probe. | Full Article |       |             |     | US TOP NEWS |        | Bernanke has "finger on trigger" for new bond buys |     |  January 26, 2012 09:03 AM ET |     | CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has moved closer  to embarking on a new round of its controversial money-pumping  after the central bank and its chairman Ben Bernanke highlighted  a grim outlook for the U.S. economy. | Full Article |        | Exclusive: Chevron to face criminal charges over Brazil spill |     |  January 26, 2012 04:28 PM ET |     | CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian prosecutor plans to file  criminal charges against Chevron Corp and some of its local  managers within weeks, adding the threat of prison sentences  to an $11 billion civil lawsuit as punishment for a November  offshore oil spill. | Full Article |         | ECB role under scrutiny as Greek debt talks resume |     |  January 26, 2012 03:32 PM ET |     | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's tortuous negotiations over a debt  swap with private creditors honed in on Thursday on demands  that the European Central Bank contribute to a deal to bring  Athens' messy finances back on track. | Full Article |        |             |     | HEALTH NEWS |            |       |               |     | RELATED VIDEO |       |          |                     |          |     | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. |          |     | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. |          |     | The  latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds  and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. |       |     | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |               |       | ODDLY ENOUGH |       |        |                                                                   |  
 
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