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• ECB reviews bank support, to talk tough on inflation

  Reuters – 9 mins ago

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will step up its anti-inflation rhetoric and may phase out some of its crisis support measures on Thursday as it prepares the ground for an interest rate rise likely later this year. Full Story »

• Special Report: Wall St wannabe points to China’s growth risks

  Reuters – 1 hr 52 mins ago

  TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Yujiapu does not roll off the tongue like Wall Street, but planners in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin hope it soon will. Full Story »

• NYSE to launch direct challenge to CME on March 21

  Reuters – Wed Mar 2, 4:14 pm ET

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – NYSE Euronext Full Story »

• Private-sector jobs pick up pace in February

  Reuters – Wed Mar 2, 4:56 pm ET

  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. private sector employers added more jobs than expected last month, raising hopes that Friday’s closely watched government jobs report could show more growth than anticipated. Full Story »

• Costco cites pricing pressure

  Investor’s Business Daily – Wed Mar 2, 7:15 pm ET

  The nation’s largest warehouse chain said its Q2 earnings rose 13% to 79 cents, meeting views. Sales climbed 11% to $20.88 bil, topping estimates. Costco Wholesale (NMS:COST) said sales at stores open at least a year grew 7%, vs. a 12% rise in int’l and 5% in the U.S. But Costco cautioned that rising commodity costs will put pressure on future results. Shares slid 2.5% to 71.76. Full Story »

French PM Confirms Abolition Of Controversial Tax Shield
03/03/2011 4:54AM – Dow Jones Business News

China Kingstone Mining US$249 Million Hong Kong IPO 1 Time Covered So Far – Source
03/03/2011 4:50AM – Dow Jones Business News

Liechtenstein Freezes Egypt Funds; No Libya, Tunisia Funds Frozen
03/03/2011 4:49AM – Dow Jones Business News

EU Court Upholds Fine Of Siemens AG Cartel Fine
03/03/2011 4:38AM – Dow Jones Business News

Kudrin: Risk Perception Before President Election Causing Russia Outflows
03/03/2011 4:35AM – Dow Jones Business News

UPDATE: BP Deep Water Oil Output In Angola, US -15% In 2010
03/03/2011 4:33AM – Dow Jones Business News

Ex-China Merchants Bank Chairman: See Excessive Use Of Quantitative Monetary Tools
03/03/2011 4:33AM – Dow Jones Business News

Twitter Co-Founder: No Truth To JP Morgan Stake Sale – Reuters
03/03/2011 4:23AM – Dow Jones Business News

Apple Cuts iPad Prices In China; Lowest Price CNY2,888 Vs CNY3 988
03/03/2011 3:58AM – Dow Jones Business News

These Are The Controversial Satellite Photos That Set Off Protests In Bahrain

And caused the government to ban Google Earth.

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The Chinese Services PMI Cooled Significant In February

Joe Weisenthal | Mar. 3, 4:52 AM | 7 |

Interesting.

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Amid Brand New Protests, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq Just Resigned

Joe Weisenthal | Mar. 3, 4:39 AM | 47 | 1

That was fast.

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Finally, Markets Have A Moment Of Quiet

Joe Weisenthal | 41 |

US futures up modestly.

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Huge New Poll Shows That Our Chances Of Balancing The Budget Are Approximately 0%

Joe Weisenthal
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• Incredible pictures of the Libyan rebels storming Brega
• Here’s the video of the iPad 2 cover everyone is talking about
• Hillary Clinton says Al-Jazeera is putting American media to shame

BP: Deep Water Oil Output In Angola, US Fell 15% In 2010
03/03/2011 3:58AM – Dow Jones Business News

• Unveiling iPad2, Jobs Shows Why Apple Is Slaying Rivals

  Eric Savitz

• Roubini Says Get Out Of Municipal Bonds

  Chris Barth

• The Real Story Behind Charlie Sheen Joining Twitter

  Andrea Spiegel

• China’s High-Speed Rail, Highly Suspect

  Tim Ferguson

• Wisconsin Shows Mix Of Unions, Pols A Disaster

  Neil Weinberg

• Woods, Deford And The Art Of Hitting It Long And Straigh

UPDATE: Ahold U.S. Disappoints, No Details On Growth Strategy
03/03/2011 3:57AM – Dow Jones Business News

Banks’ Emergency Borrowing From ECB Dropped Sharply Wednesday
03/03/2011 3:54AM – Dow Jones Business News

Thai Telecom Regulator Aims To Auction 3G Licenses By Year-End
03/03/2011 3:49AM – Dow Jones Business News

System C Healthcare Agrees To McKesson Takeover
03/03/2011 3:37AM – Dow Jones Business News

BSkyB Will Continue To Co-operate With Ongoing Regulatory Process
03/03/2011 3:35AM – Dow Jones Business News

UK Government Gives Green Light To News Corp’s BSkyB Takeover
03/03/2011 3:28AM – Dow Jones Business News

News Corp Welcomes UK Government Plan To Open Consultation On BSkyB Share Buy
03/03/2011 3:27AM – Dow Jones Business News

BOOM: Another Awesome Initial Claims Report

Joe Weisenthal | Mar. 3, 8:30 AM | 165 | 3

368K is better than the 390K analysts were looking for.

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Libyan Rebel Fighter Begs For Help From GEORGE BUSH

Joe Weisenthal | Mar. 3, 8:21 AM | 251 | 5

Obama isn’t cutting it.

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Disney Needs To Buy Angry Birds

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry | Mar. 3, 8:18 AM | 163 |

They have the same business model.

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Here’s The Question The NFL Players Union Needs To Ask Itself Today

Dashiell Bennett | Mar. 3, 8:17 AM | 113 | 1

Is this as good as it gets?

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THIS PROVES IT: The Obama Administration Is Still Clueless About House Prices

Dean Baker, CEPR | Mar. 3, 8:11 AM | 329 | 1

Sorry, folks, they’re going to fall.

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10 Unusual Stocks Attracting Huge Interest This Morning

Meredith Lepore | Mar. 3, 8:09 AM | 1,068 |

Sony Music has a new CEO, Big Lots posts a loss, and Murdoch gets the go ahead.

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This Bailed-Out British Banker Had An Affair, But The Courts Won’t Let Anyone Publish His Name

Gus Lubin | Mar. 3, 8:01 AM | 194 | 1

But here’s a few clues.

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Sam Zell: Obamacare And Dodd-Frank Are Economy-Killing Monstrosities, And There Won’t Be New Construction For Years

Joe Weisenthal | Mar. 3, 7:39 AM | 500 | 6

Suffice to say, he’s not happy with Obama.

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UPDATE: BofA ML Names Matthew Koder Asia-Pacific Global Corporate & Investment Banking Head
03/03/2011 3:20AM – Dow Jones Business News

1. In Pictures: America’s 10 Most Toxic Cities
2. America’s 10 Most Toxic Cities
3. Nelly Furtado Donates Qaddafi’s Money, Beyonce Holds Onto It
4. The Real Story Behind Charlie Sheen Joining Twitter
5. Best Companies For Job Offers
6. Malaysia’s Richest
7. Apple Laps The Competition With iPad 2; Steve Gets A Standing O
8. Is The iPad 2 Good For Business?
9. In Pictures: The Most Miserable Sports Cities
10. America’s Best Colleges

DPJ Secretary General Okada: Didn’t Accept Request To Leave Party
03/03/2011 3:18AM – Dow Jones Business News

EU Terminates China Modems Investigation; China Welcomes Move
03/03/2011 3:12AM – Dow Jones Business News

India Official: Cabinet OKs Banking Regulation Amendment Bill
03/03/2011 3:08AM – Dow Jones Business News

2nd UPDATE: BOJ Noda Says No Change In Ultra-Easy Policy
03/03/2011 2:57AM – Dow Jones Business News

Glencore Fiscal Year Net Income Up 39% As Metal, Mineral Prices Rise
03/03/2011 2:41AM – Dow Jones Business News

BP: No Bonuses For Directors Who Oversaw Gulf Drilling Operations
03/03/2011 2:37AM – Dow Jones Business News

China Aviation Chief: Fuel Surcharge Rise Has Negative Impact On Aviation Companies’ Profits
03/03/2011 2:29AM – Dow Jones Business News

Suicide Car Bomb Kills Six, Injures 30 In Pakistan – Police
03/03/2011 2:25AM – Dow Jones Business News

BYU Hoops Player Was Kicked Off Team For Having Sex With His Girlfriend

Dashiell Bennett | Mar. 2, 11:23 PM | 1,298 | 12

That’s not living “a chaste and virtuous life.”

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Square Now Processing More Than $1 Million In Payments Per Day

Dan Frommer | Mar. 2, 10:42 PM | 1,000 | 5

Square itself is now on a $10 million revenue run rate.

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Dear Bill Gross, Here’s Who’s Going To Buy Treasuries After The Fed Stops QEII

Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism | Mar. 2, 8:16 PM | 1,953 | 26

Probably the same folks who bought them before.

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PUNK’D: Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter Account Hacked

Matt Rosoff | Mar. 2, 8:04 PM | 1,093 | 3

A warning to protesters who don’t know how to secure their Twitter accounts.

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The Head Of Morgan Stanley’s European Prime-Brokerage Unit Just Got Sacked After 15 Years With The Firm

Katya Wachtel | Mar. 2, 6:41 PM | 957 | 3

Martin Byman is out.

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GOSSIP: Today’s Wall Street Buzz in 60 Seconds

Katya Wachtel | Mar. 2, 6:25 PM | 1,405 | 3

Goldman Sachs buys some boats, Julian Robertson likes the land down under, and…

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A Hedge Funder Explains Why Smart Men Date Dumb Women

Katya Wachtel | Mar. 2, 5:27 PM | 4,795 | 49

“Why don’t they just date some beta male who works in a bookstore and will make dinner for them every night?”

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• • When Governors Say No to Federal Crack

    Merrill Matthews

  • Why Pfizer’s Biggest Experimental Drug Got A Name Change

    Matthew Herper

  • Activist Hacks Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter Account To Push For Increased Security

    Kashmir Hill

  • Dinosaur Communications Hold You Back?

    Ellen Weber

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    Jailed Wesley Snipes Appeals His Tax Convictions To The Supremes

    William P. Barrett

  • Zynga Reveals Profit And Revenues As It Looks To Raise $500 Million

    Agustino Fontevecchia

  • Charlie Sheen’s TwitPics Are Worth 1000 Words, But Are They Worth $1000?

    Chris Barth

  • The Fats of Life

    Vikram Sheel Kumar, MD
• Wikinvest data is provided as-is, delayed, and subject to Terms

• tech

  • CIOs…Beware The New iPad Is Here!

    Kym McNicholas

  • Is The iPad 2 Good For Business?

    Elizabeth Woyke

  • Charlie Sheen Attracts One Million Twitter Followers in One Day

    Mark Pasetsky

  • Documents Reveal TSA Research Proposal To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers

    Andy Greenberg

• entrepreneurs

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    10 Tax Benefits For The Self-Employed

    Investopedia

  • What Does a Good Job Interview Look Like?

    Aman Singh

  • Charlie Sheen: Talent That Can Be Managed IF You Know How.

    Steven Berglas

  • Promoting the U.S. Brand “One Handshake at a Time”

    John Zogby

• op/ed

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    Color Photos Of Shackleton Voyage

    Bruce Upbin

  • Bravo For George Buckley, A Righteous CEO

    Richard M. Salsman

  • Winners Shift, Losers Don’t – Buy Amazon, Sell Wal-Mart

    Adam Hartung

  • What Global Markets Say About U.S. Default Risk

    Jerry Bowyer

• leadership

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    Commitment Self-Exam: Avoid Self-Sabotage

    Sherri Edwards

  • Memo to Uncle Sam: Time to Stand-Up for Mom

    William Pentland

  • When Banks Set The Questions, Will They Pass The Test? Duh!

    Steve Denning

  • Is Reebok Adidas’s Next Footwear Darling?

    Elaine Wong

• lifestyle

  • Egypt Antiquities Chief Says He May Quit (NY Times)

    Abigail R. Esman

  • Medicine’s Drip of Uncertainty

    Harlan Krumholz

  • Tiger Woods, Frank Deford and the Art of Hitting it Long and Straight

    Monte Burke

  • Galliano Reaction: Lagerfeld is ‘Furious,’ Wintour Has No Comment

    Hannah Elliott

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    Rising Fortunes In Malaysia

    Suzanne Nam

  • A Steve Jobs Presentation By the Book

    Carmine Gallo

  • Top Chefs Pay Homage to the Oyster

    Lisa Mogensen

  • Buffett Didn’t Sell BofA Stock, Didn’t Buy It Either

At Least Five Legal Complaints Brought Against Ray Dalio’s “Demoralizing” Management Style

Courtney Comstock | Mar. 2, 5:27 PM | 1,457 | 5

The management principles seem so unorthodox that at least 5 people have even questioned whether or not they’re legal.

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Hillary Clinton Says Al Jazeera Is Putting American Media To Shame

“We’re losing the information war.”

40,293 | 110

India Adviser: Fiscal Rigor Critical To Inflation Management
03/03/2011 2:22AM – Dow Jones Business News

China Minister: Health Sector Spending To Rise Substantially This Year
03/03/2011 2:20AM – Dow Jones Business News

US Treasury’s Brainard: Inflation Not A Concern In US Now
03/03/2011 2:17AM – Dow Jones Business News

Pakistan Court Adjourns Hearing Into Shootings Involving US Man – Lawyer
03/03/2011 2:14AM – Dow Jones Business News
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• Clegg urges ‘new deal’ in EU-North Africa ties

  AFP – 1 hr 38 mins ago

  AFP/POOL

  BRUSSELS (AFP) – Deputy premier Nick Clegg has urged Europe to match the bravery of the Arab street with “a bold new” economic offer coupled with support for political pluralism. Full Story »

• Santander, BlackRock ‘eye’ Citigroup unit

  AFP – 1 hr 30 mins ago

  AFP/File

  NEW YORK (AFP) – Spanish bank Santander and US investment fund BlackRock have set their sights on the consumer finance unit of Citigroup in what could be a $2 billion deal, the Financial Times reported. Full Story »