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- 'Black Swan' Shuns Public Life Because of Bernanke
- Look Ahead: Markets Count Down to US Jobs Report
- Dubai World To Meet with Creditors Next Week
- FHA to Toughen Mortgage Rules in Lenders Crackdown
- Obama to Send More Troops; Seeks Afghanistan Exit
- GM Removes CEO Henderson; Whitacre Is Interim Chief
- UK Economy Turned, Inflation to Spike: BoE Economist
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- Unemployment to Peak at 10.5%: Moody's Economist
- 8 Stocks to Gain on Obama's Afghan Plan: Analysts
- BofA On Proposed Changes In The Housing Bailout Program
- The Future of The Media Landscape
- November Auto Sales Muddle Along
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- R.R. Donnelley gets $100M contract extension
- Simcere suspends production at Yanshen unit
- Hemispherx gets FDA denial on Ampligen treatment
- Developing nations reach minor trade deal at UN
- Google allows publishers to limit free content
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- Ahead of the Bell: Panel mulls derivatives rules
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Major business events scheduled for Wednesday
Major business events and economic events scheduled for Wednesday:
WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases durable goods for October, personal income and spending for October, 8:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases new home sales for October, 10 a.m.
MOLINE, Ill. — Deere & Co. releases fourth-quarter financial results.
NEW YORK — Tiffany & Co. releases third-quarter financial results.
WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.
FRANKFURT — GfK releases monthly German consumer sentiment report.
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