- ADB: East Asian economies may have 'V' shaped recovery.
- Asian stocks rise on yen; merging market stocks hit 10-month high.
- IMF says China has room for more fiscal stimulus through 2010.
- Iceland formally applies to join EU, faces talks on fishing rights.
- Japan's export fall by smallest margin in 6 months as recession eases.
- Weaker yen sends Japan stocks higher for seventh straight session of gains.
- Oil above $65 in noon European trading after mixed US investory data.
- Sri Lanka's mulling a US dollar bond that will test investors' appetite for risk.
- Swedish unemployment jumps to 9.8 percent in June, men hit hardest.
- US May Home Prices rise 0.9% vs. previous month: FHFA.
- Allegheny Tech sees Q3 EPS at break-even vs. cons. est. of a profit of $0.24/sh.
- Amazon to acquire online footwear retailer Zappos for ~$847M in cash, stock.
- Bank of New York Mellon's writedowns rose 68% on declines in residential value.
- Bristol Myers Squibb to acquire Medarex for about $2.4B.
- Celera Corp. withdraws 2009 f'cast; expects 2Q sales to decline YoY.
- Chrysler offers car buyers $4,500 cash as US 'clunker' program begins.
- Deutsche Post second quarter net profit falls 71%; sales fall 17%.
- Dutch telecom KPN says Q2 profit rises only 4.8%, sees weak demand.
- Engineering company ABB reports 31 pct drop in Q2 net profit to $675M.
- Fiat to sell €1.25B of bonds at 9.25 percent yield.
- Ford lost $2.8B in June 2009.
- Goldman Sachs pays $1.1B to redeem TARP warrants.
- Hyundai Motor says 2nd-quarter net profit rises 48 percent on China, India sales.
- Intuitive Surgical posted Q2 EPS of $1.62. topping cons. est. by 26 percent.
- Morgan Stanley posted $159M Q2 loss cites conservatism in running its business.
- Pacific Sunwear of California expects 2Q loss of at least $0.22/sh (cons -$0.13/sh).
- Porsche Board agrees to prepare €5B capital increase.
- St. Jude Medical's Q2 net up 14% at $219.34M, revs up 4.3% at $1.18B.
- Tupperware's Q2 net falls 8.1% to $33.1M; sees Y09 EPS at $2.59-2.64, sales decline of 5-7%.
Economic Calendar: Data on Initial Claims, Existing Home Sales to be released today.
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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC (AMD)
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CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
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