| LATEST NEWS | | Wall Street ends stellar week on a mixed note | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 posted their best week in four even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from tech bellwethers IBM and Intel contrasted with Google's disappointing quarterly report. | Full Article | | | Home sales hit 11-month high | | January 20, 2012 01:29 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home sales hit an 11-month high in December and the number of properties on the market was the fewest in nearly seven years, pointing to a nascent recovery in the housing sector. | Full Article | | Greece, creditors close in on debt cut deal | | January 20, 2012 04:28 PM ET | | ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - Greece was closing in on an initial deal with private bond holders on Friday that would prevent it from tumbling into a chaotic default but lose investors up to 70 percent of the loans they have given to Athens. | Full Article | | GE revenue lower than expected | | January 20, 2012 01:30 PM ET | | (Reuters) - General Electric Co's fourth-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations, with Europe's weakening economy and weak sales of appliances the main culprits. | Full Article | | Courts push back on bribery prosecutions | | January 20, 2012 03:54 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Justice Department has stepped up its enforcement of an anti-foreign bribery law, it has faced the expected stiff resistance from the business community. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Hours before key primary, Romney lowers expectations | | January 20, 2012 02:19 PM ET | | GILBERT, South Carolina (Reuters) - With the crucial Republican presidential primary in South Carolina just hours away, front-runner Mitt Romney on Friday lowered expectations for how well he will do and acknowledged he is in a neck-and-neck race with Newt Gingrich. | Full Article | | Supreme Court throws out Texas election maps | | January 20, 2012 02:53 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court handed Texas Republicans a partial victory in a partisan fight over election redistricting that has erupted after a huge increase in the state's Hispanic population. | Full Article | | Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges | | January 20, 2012 02:40 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday. | Full Article | | Major powers signal openness to Iran talks | | January 20, 2012 12:55 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major powers seeking to negotiate an end to Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons on Friday signaled their openness to renewed talks with Tehran but diplomats said the powers remain divided on their approach. | Full Article | | Violence keeps Syria on edge, Arab mission may extend | | January 20, 2012 04:28 PM ET | | AMMAN (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in Syria on Friday and the bodies of six others were turned over to their families, activists said, two days before the Arab League decides whether to keep monitors there despite their failure to halt bloodshed. | 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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