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*Traders wait for USDA to issue crop data on Friday. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans slipped 1 cent, or 0.1 percent, to $13.87- 1/ 4 a bushel by 9:45 a.m. Central time.
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Jan 8- Shares of Sears Holdings Corp fell more than 7 percent in early trading on Tuesday after the company said Chairman Edward Lampert would take over as CEO from Louis D'Ambrosio, who is stepping down due to a family member's health issue. The stock's decline came even as Sears sales for the holiday shopping season were not as bad as some analysts had feared.
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Jan 8- Shares of Sears Holdings Corp rose 2.6 percent in premarket trading Tuesday after the company reported preliminary results that topped some forecasts and said Chairman Edward Lampert would take over as CEO from Louis D'Ambrosio.
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*Boeing shares close down 2 percent. BOSTON/ NEW YORK, Jan 7- Fire broke out on an empty Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet parked at a gate in Boston on Monday, putting safety concerns about the new, carbon-composite jet back in the spotlight and drawing attention from federal investigators.
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TOKYO, Jan 8- Japan's Nikkei share average is set to trade in range on Tuesday as investors remain cautious of the overbought market while yen's weakness has paused, but hopes for aggressive monetary easing support investor sentiment.
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*Eurozone investor sentiment offset by anxiety over US Fed Speculation of thinner earnings on Wall Street also weigh. NEW YORK, Jan 7- Cocoa and coffee prices surged on Monday while most other commodities were little changed after strong investor sentiment in the euro zone was offset by worries that the U.S.
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CHICAGO, Jan 7- U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 percent on Monday due to technical buying after prices fell for four straight sessions last week to their lowest level since mid-November, traders said. If nothing else, the market is oversold, " Frank Cholly, a senior commodities broker at RJO Futures, said."
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*Speculation of thinner earnings on Wall Street also weigh. NEW YORK, Jan 7- Cocoa and coffee prices surged on Monday while most other commodities were little changed after strong investor sentiment in the euro zone was offset by worries that the U.S.
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CHICAGO, Jan 7- The drought-drained Mississippi River will stay open for commerce as workers make progress clearing rock from a critical stretch of the nation's busiest waterway, U.S.
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CHICAGO, Jan 7- U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday due to technical buying after four straight losing sessions pushed prices to their lowest level since mid-November last week, traders said. If nothing else, the market is oversold, " Frank Cholly, a senior commodities broker at RJO Futures, said." Traders said gains were capped Argentina and Brazil.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan 6- Illinois lawmakers unveiled a plan Sunday they believe can fix the state's huge pension crisis, but labor unions blasted the proposal and vowed to sue to protect their benefits.
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TOKYO, Jan 7- Japan's Nikkei share average is set to test a 23- month high on Monday, helped by encouraging U.S. economic data, while a weakening yen will likely buoy exporters and bank shares could gain from a rule change.
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CHICAGO, Jan 5- A fix for Illinois' public pension crisis remained elusive on Saturday after a meeting between Democratic Governor Pat Quinn and legislative leaders failed to produce a deal. State House of Representatives Speaker Michael Madigan, a Democrat, said that it was still possible to reach a deal in time to be voted on early next week by the Legislature.
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CHICAGO, Jan 5- A fix for Illinois' public pension crisis remained elusive on Saturday after a meeting between Democratic Governor Pat Quinn and legislative leaders failed to produce a deal. State House of Representatives Speaker Michael Madigan, a Democrat, said that it was still possible to reach a deal in time to be voted on early next week by the Legislature.
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*Given soil dryness, below-trend corn yields seen for 2013. CHICAGO, Jan 4- The U.S. "We are still concerned about getting the leftovers out of the way from the drought of 2012. At this time we would not anticipate a national corn yield above the trend," said Iowa State University climatologist Elwynn Taylor, who has studied crop production for decades. "
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NEW YORK, Jan 4- Brent crude fell on Friday as a U.S. government report showing weak demand for fuel by the world's top consumer outweighed a jobs report that showed employers kept the pace of hiring steady in December.
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NEW YORK, Jan 4- Oil and metals prices fell for a second straight day on Friday as investors weighed the possibility of the U.S. Soybeans hit a six-week bottom in Chicago on prospects for a bumper harvest of South American soy and China's cancellation of U.S. soybean orders.
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CHICAGO, Jan 4- Peregrine Financial Group's former chief executive, who has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $100 million from customers of his futures brokerage, is accused of cheating Iowa out of millions in unpaid income taxes, according to court documents.
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RBOB gasoline futures slumped nearly 5 cents and heating oil more than 2 cents after the Energy Information Administration's weekly report showed gasoline stocks rose 2.57 million barrels and distillate stocks rose 4.57 million barrels last week.
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TOKYO, Jan 4- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to rise on its first trading day of 2013 and could test a nearly two-year high as a deal in Washington to avert the "fiscal cliff" buoys sentiment and a weaker yen is likely to lift exporters.