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Daily Highlights: 2.25.10
- Asian stocks were mostly higher Thursday, lifted by Bernanke's reassurance that interest rates will stay low for some time.
- Euro plunges to lowest level in year against Yen on risks to Greece rating.
- German unemployment rate edges up to 8.7 percent in February.
- India forecasts 8.2% growth next year, giving room for exit from stimulus.
- Japan stocks fall for 3rd day on strong yen; Toyota down despite president's US testimony.
- New home sales plummet 11 percent in January, the 3rd monthly decline in a row.
- Oil slips below $80 in Asia as investors eye mixed signals from US economy.
- Aegon returns to profit in Q4 as operations improve and impairments ease.
- BASF makes 4th quarter profit on cost savings, market improvements.
- British American Tobacco net profit up 10 percent to $4.1 billion in 2009.
- Coca-Cola said to be near purchase of N American ops of Coca-Cola Entrps for up to $15B.
- Commerzbank: Require more time before it could consider a capital increase to repay aid.
- Deutsche Telekom posts Q4 loss of $4.04M on costs related to financial crisis in Greece.
- Eaton Vance Corp.'s Q1 earnings surged 87% to $46.2M, on stronger business growth.
- Florida judge reduced an almost $300M verdict against Philip Morris USA unit to $38.9M.
- France Telecom 2009 net profit down 26 percent on flat sales as forced to repay state aid.
- General Growth Properties plans to split itself into 2 companies as a plan to exit bankruptcy.
- General Motors plans to shut Hummer after China's government blocks sale.
- German insurer Allianz makes euro1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) in Q4.
- Henkel, maker of Dial soap, says 4th quarter profit down 80 percent after Ecolab stake sale.
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. will seek to refinance about $5B of US loans this year.
- Liberty Global beats by $0.18, posts Q4 EPS of $0.34. Revs rose 19.0% to $3.04B.
- Limited Brands' 4Q profit rises to $356.1M on cost cutting measures. Revs up 2% at $3.02B.
- Morgan Stanley to sell 34% holding in its Chinese affiliate as its denied controlling stake.
- Repsol 4th quarter profits down 48 pct on lower crude prices, refining margins.
- Royal Bank of Scotland 2009 loss narrowed to $5.5B, believes bad loans have peaked.
- Toll Brothers' Q1 loss narrows to $40.8M on fewer write-downs. Revs fell 20% to $326.7M.
- Woodside Petroleum remains in talks to sell PetroChina Co. LNG from Browse project.
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Lets see if Government Sachs and JPM(Just Pirate More) can prop this market up again.
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