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Coinstar's fourth-quarter earnings nearly tripled as its Redbox kiosks for renting DVDs picked up customers who stopped getting their discs through Netflix's rival service.The performance announced Monday ...

Is the great profit engine of corporate America running out of steam?While other parts of the economy struggled the past two years, large companies managed to rack up higher profits quarter after quarter. ...

Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures ...

The Brazilian government privatized operations at three of the nation's main airports on Monday, awarding $14 billion in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run terminals amid booming demand ...

Stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh cost-cutting package required for the country to get more bailout loans.On an otherwise quiet ...

Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent company, ...

Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social ...

California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing a deal that would force the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans ...

Yum Brands Inc., owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC fast-food chains, said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 30 percent from a combination of strong overseas growth and a sales turnaround ...

Clint Eastwood's patriotic pep talk about "halftime in America" might just as well have applied to NBC.The languishing, fourth-place network, owned by Comcast Corp., needed more than a touchdown ...

Chicago Tribune
Redbox Buys Rival NCR Corp.'s Kiosks and DVDs for $100M
Reuters
By Todd Cunningham at TheWrap Redbox is on a roll, and busy. On Monday its parent company Coinstar posted rosy fourth-quarter earnings with profits more than doubled, aided greatly by the growth of its DVD rental kiosk chain. At the same time, ...
With Verizon, a Coinstar Is RebornWall Street Journal
Anadarko, Coinstar, Standard Pacific, Yum!: US Equity PreviewBusinessWeek
Constar's 4Q Earnings Soar as Redbox ThrivesABC News
The Seattle Times
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Bloomberg
Papademos Meets Creditors as 'Sacrifice' Looms
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Interim Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos Interim Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg Lucas Papademos, interim Greek prime minister. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos began a second round of negotiations ...
Papademos Meets With Troika as Great Sacrifice Looms for GreeksBusinessWeek
CORRECT: WORLD FOREX: Euro Down On Greek UncertaintyWall Street Journal
Europe turns up the pressure on Greece over debt planWashington Post
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USA TODAY
Dow sheds 0.1%: Stocks dip as investors focus on Greece
USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) – Stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh cost-cutting package required for the country to get more bailout loans. By Richard Drew, AP Trader Warren Meyers is illuminated ...
Stocks slip on Wall Street as Greek talks drag onThe Associated Press
Canadian Stocks Decline as Oil Retreats on Greek Debt ConcernBusinessWeek
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on MondayWashington Post
New York Times -Fox Business
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Los Angeles Times
Yum profit up as China keeps growing
Reuters
* Q4 EPS excl items $0.75 vs Street view $0.74 * Same-restaurant sales up 21 percent in China * Shares up 3 percent in extended trading By Lisa Baertlein Feb 6 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall ...
Yum Brands 4Q Net Up 30% On Continued Strength In ChinaWall Street Journal
Taco Bell stays down, but China pushes Yum Brands profit up 30%Los Angeles Times
Yum! Brands And The Continued Miracle Of Chinese DemandForbes
The Associated Press -MarketWatch -Fox Business
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Bloomberg
JPMorgan settles overdraft fee case for $110 million
Chicago Tribune
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $110 million to settle consumer litigation accusing it of charging excessive overdraft fees. The largest US bank by assets joined Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and several smaller lenders in settling their portion of the ...
Chase to settle overdraft lawsuitMSN Money
JP Morgan agrees to pay $110M to settle class-action lawsuit over checking ...Washington Post
JPMorgan Agrees to Pay $110 Million in Overdraft Fee CaseBusinessWeek
Bloomberg -Moneycontrol.com
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Bloomberg
MF Trustee Traced $105B in Cash Movement
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Jon Corzine Jon Corzine Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Jon S. Corzine, former chairman and chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings Ltd., finishes his opening statement in front of a House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Dec.
MF Global shortfall worsened as bankruptcy nearedReuters
MF Trustee: Funds Missing Days Before BankruptcyWall Street Journal
MF Global dipped into client funds earlier than believedFinancial Times
TheStreet.com -San Francisco Chronicle
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Alcoa: This Stock Rose Too Far, Too Fast

Bloomberg
US mortgage settlement talks face setbacks, again
Reuters
* State AGs faced Monday deadline to join mortgage deal * Many states say won't comment about their participation * Deal faces another setback after banks balk at NY suit * California angling for more control over relief By Aruna Viswanatha and Karen ...
Foreclosure deal: Closer, but not there yetCNN
Foreclosure Deal Deadline Arrives as States Consider ReleasesBusinessWeek
Foreclosure deal deadline arrives, not all states are yet on boardWashington Post

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Forbes
Housing plan helps nearly 1 million homeowners
Reuters
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 1 million US homeowners have won permanent reductions on mortgage payments since the Obama administration launched its foreclosure prevention program in 2009, the US Treasury said on Monday, only a fraction of the total ...
JP Morgan: Obama's housing program could help 500000 more homeownersWashington Post (blog)
What The Mortgage Relief Plan Would Do For HomeownersForbes
HAMP Program To Undergo Some TweaksExaminer.com
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