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U.S. clears 10 big banks to repay bailout funds

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and eight other top U.S. banks won clearance on Tuesday to repay $68 billion in taxpayer money given to them during the credit crisis, a step that may help them escape government curbs on executive pay.

BlackRock nears BGI deal to build asset powerhouse

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U.S. money manager BlackRock is near to buying Barclays Global Investors for between $12 billion and $13 billion to create a global asset manager twice the size of its nearest rival, people familiar with the matter said.
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Wall Street seen higher on techs, energy

Stocks were set to open higher on Tuesday after Texas Instruments raised its quarterly outlook, underpinning other technology stocks, while rising oil prices boosted energy shares.
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Wall Street rallies late, ends flat

U.S. stocks rebounded late on Monday to end flat, shrugging off lighter-than-expected sales from McDonald's and lowered iPhone prices from Apple .
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Wall Street rebounds to end flat

U.S. stocks rebounded late on Monday to end flat, shrugging off lighter-than-expected sales from McDonald's and lowered iPhone prices from Apple .
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Goldman, JPMorgan may get OK to repay TARP: reports

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to say Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and perhaps a few other banks will be allowed to repay money to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday, without saying where it got the information.
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Stock futures signal drop; banks, airlines eyed

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 1 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.9 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.1 percent.
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Fidelity to sell shares of KKR IPOs

Boston mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments and New York private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. have struck a deal to sell shares of KKR initial public offerings to retail customers, hoping for a comeback in the frozen market.
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U.S. bailout repayment seen bigger than expected: report

The Obama administration is expected to announce next week that a higher-than-expected number of large financial institutions will be allowed to repay their government bailout funds, the Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition.
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Wall Street ends flat on mixed jobs data

U.S. stocks flip-flopped throughout Friday's session, with the major indexes ending split as investors paused to consider conflicting signals in monthly U.S. jobs data.
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New clean energy 2009 investment seen sharply down

New investment in clean energy will total $95 to $115 billion in 2009, representing a drop of 26-39 percent from last year's total of $155 billion, data published by research group New Energy Finance showed on Friday.

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