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Morning Digest: Fed ramps up economic stimulus, ready to do more

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06/21/2012

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Fed ramps up economic stimulus, ready to do more

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered another round of monetary stimulus and said it was ready to do even more to help an increasingly fragile economic recovery..

Vote result delay frays Egyptian nerves

CAIRO (Reuters) - Allegations of fraud delayed the result of Egypt's presidential election on Thursday, fraying nerves as the Muslim Brotherhood, which claims victory, threatened to take to the streets in protest at moves by the ruling generals to deny them power..

Stock index futures point to lower Wall Street open

LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.3 percent, Dow Jones futures off 0.4 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures 0.4 percent lower at 0707 GMT..

Steve Carell goes from "Office" to end of the world

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After leaving television's "The Office" last year, Steve Carell immediately began production on the indie film "Seeking a Friend For the End of the World", which opens in U.S. movie theaters on Friday..

Business as usual, with NBA title on the line

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder went about their business as usual on Wednesday, watching film and holding practice, but the atmosphere was charged with the knowledge that the NBA title was on the line in Thursday's game..

Yahoo, Facebook seek more time for settlement talks

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc and Facebook Inc believe settlement talks in a high profile patent lawsuit would be helped if a U.S. judge pushed back certain deadlines in the case, according to a court filing on Tuesday..

U.S. close to seizing disputed dinosaur skeleton

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they expect this week to seize a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton that was discovered in Mongolia more than 65 years ago and now is stored in New York and at the center of an international legal dispute..

Same-sex couple wed to mark comic book superhero marriage

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A same-sex couple tied the knot at a comic-book store in New York on Wednesday to celebrate the first gay nuptials in the superhero world in a new edition from Marvel Comics..