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Thu, February 09, 2012

ECB to face Greece questions, hold rates

By Sakari Suoninen

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - All eyes will be on what the European Central Bank is willing to do to help Greece when it ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Credit Suisse slumps to Q4 loss

By Katharina Bart

ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse posted a surprise fourth-quarter net loss after taking almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) of ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Vodafone hit by weak southern Europe

By Kate Holton

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone operator, missed quarterly revenue forecasts on Thursday as increasingly tough trading in ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Alibaba.com shares halted; Yahoo update?

By Samuel Shen and Twinnie Siu

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Trading in shares of Alibaba.com Ltd was halted on Thursday pending an announcement ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

JPMorgan replaces Asia fixed income sales head: sources

(Reuters) - JP Morgan has replaced Asia ex-Japan fixed income investor sales head Simon Derrick with Sharad Desai and Sudhir Goel as part of a ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Instant view: Rio Tinto writes down aluminum assets

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto reported a 6 percent fall in second-half profit on Thursday, before $9.3 billion in writedowns mainly on ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Rio Tinto dividend surprise masks aluminum hit

By Sonali Paul

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto hiked its dividend by a third and said it was confident about its long-term outlook ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Analysis: Investor activists see little to "like" in Facebook

By Paritosh Bansal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new crop of companies entering the U.S. public markets, including such high-profile offerings as Facebook, are ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

China inflation spike pricks policy easing expectations

By Kevin Yao and Nick Edwards

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual inflation spiked to a consensus-busting 4.5 percent in January as spending jumped ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Qantas, Korean Air check A380s for wing cracks

By Narayanan Somasundaram and Ju-min Park

SYDNEY/SEOUL (Reuters) - Qantas Airways and Korean Air will carry out inspections for wing cracks on their Airbus ...

SEVERE WEATHER ALERT: Flood Advisory  More Details Hide Details

mic077-100502- /o.con.kgrr.fl.y.0004.000000t0000z-120211t1800z/ /vckm4.n.sm.000000t0000z.000000t0000z.000000t0000z.oo/ 1002 pm est wed feb 8 2012 the flood advisory continues for the portage river near vicksburg * until saturday afternoon. * at 07 am tuesday the stage was 4.6 feet. * bankfull stage is 4.5 feet. * flood stage is 5.0 feet. * forecast...the river will continue to fall. * impact...at 4.5 feet...river is bankfull $$