| LATEST NEWS | | Wall St edges lower after string of gains | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally. | Full Article | | | Greeks delay bailout talks as Merkel demands action | | February 06, 2012 02:44 PM ET | | ATHENS/PARIS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country's political leaders responded by delaying their decision for yet another day. | Full Article | | IMF's Blanchard sees "very large" Greek haircut | | February 06, 2012 03:56 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The IMF's chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, said on Monday it looks like the 'haircut' on Greek private debt will be "very large" as negotiations between bondholders and the government drag on to cut Greece's debt burden. | Full Article | | Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal | | February 06, 2012 02:54 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as U.S. antitrust regulators weigh whether they have enough evidence to stop the megamerger. | Full Article | | MF Global shortfall worsened as bankruptcy neared | | February 06, 2012 03:34 PM ET | | (Reuters) - A shortfall in customer funds at MF Global Holdings' broker-dealer unit grew in the days before the company went bankrupt, as client money increasingly was used to pay for MF's daily activities, said the trustee liquidating the broker-dealer. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Romney campaign takes aim at Santorum | | February 06, 2012 04:30 PM ET | | GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off his surge in two of three states with nominating contests this week. | Full Article | | Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy | | February 06, 2012 03:33 PM ET | | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said. | Full Article | | With economy improving, Obama would beat Romney: poll | | February 06, 2012 02:32 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed. | Full Article | | Insight: Two firms flourish in frenzied MF Global aftermath | | February 06, 2012 10:02 AM ET | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business. | Full Article | | Analysis: Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack | | February 06, 2012 12:29 PM ET | | LONDON (Reuters) - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010. | 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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