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Breaking News
•Senate Begins Debate Next Month on $848 Billion U.S. Health-Care Overhaul

•Bank of America May Name Stopgap CEO to Allow Board More Time for Search

•Consumer Spending, Home Sales Probably Rose as U.S. Recovery Takes Root

•Reliance Industries Makes an Offer for Control of Bankrupt LyondellBasell

•Sands China Raises $2.5 Billion in Hong Kong Offering at Low End of Range

• Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed Tightens Control of Emirate, Downgrades Key Aides

•Rajaratnam's Request to Unseal Accuser Khan's Criminal Case Is Postponed

•Tax on Upper-Bracket Incomes May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says

•Circuit City Business Jet Crash in 2005 Prompts FAA De-Icing Regulation

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•Playboy Wants Partners to Make Brand Bigger Over Next Decade, Hefner Says

•Kindle, Sony Electronic Readers May Get Biggest Payoff From Textbook Sale

•Murdoch Targets Sulzberger as Newspaper Ad Slump Shifts Fight to Readers

•Cadbury's Carr Stared Down Goldman and RWE as Preparation for Kraft Duel

•China Banks Filling Syndicated Loan Void as Royal Bank, Citigroup Retreat

•Sell Japan Stocks, Buy Bonds as Loan Costs Climb: Chart of the Day
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Economy
•Consumer Spending, Home Sales Probably Rose as U.S. Recovery Takes Root

•Obama Says Exports Are Key to U.S. Job Creation, Were Focus of Asian Trip
Politics
•Senate Begins Debate Next Month on $848 Billion U.S. Health-Care Overhaul

•Tax on High-Income Americans May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
Science
•Swine Flu Cases in Europe Show Mutation, Resistance to Tamiflu Treatment

•Harvard Finds Kidney Stones, Asthma, Malaria Among Climate-Change Risks
Opinion
•JPMorgan May Hear Break-Up Talk in Health Debate: David Reilly

•New Orleanians Find Reason to Let Good Times Roll: Ann Woolner
Spend
•Nokia Netbook's Beauty Proves Only Skin-Deep: Tech by Rich Jaroslovsky

•London Eateries Slash Wine Prices; Haggis Dim Sum Honors Burns: Food Buzz
Sports
•Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold 'Em Can Teach Traders When to Fold 'Em

•New York Giants Linebacker Antonio Pierce Sidelined With Neck Injury
Arts and Culture
•Bare-Bosomed Women Brewed Beer for Soused Pyramid Builders: Lewis Lapham

•Sarah Ruhl's Flighty `Vibrator Play' Lives Up to Good Buzz: John Simon

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 EQUITY INDEXES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Topix838.711.000.12
Hang Seng22,455.84-187.32-0.83
Singapore Straits Times2,761.542.750.10
S&P/ASX4,685.80-63.40-1.33


JAPAN MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME
 PRICE% CHANGEVOLUME
MIZUHO FINANCIAL1581.94184411600
NEC CORP2150.0096339000
MITSUBISHI UFJ F4711.5192439900
TOSHIBA CORP451-2.1760442000
MITSUB RAYON CO3684.8456270000
NOMURA HOLDINGS6033.0852481300
HITACHI LTD2530.8049931000
SANYO ELECTRIC1613.8731236000
HASEKO664.7630425500
JAPAN AIRLINES95-3.0630322000

 FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Nikkei 2259,440.00-50.00-0.53
Topix837.000.000.00
Hang Seng22,420.00-123.00-0.55
Singapore Straits Times2,761.002.000.07
S&P/ASX4,694.00-7.00-0.15

 CURRENCIES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
USD-JPY88.8850-0.0900-0.10
USD-HKD7.75030.00020.00
USD-SGD1.38880.00060.04
AUD-USD0.9147-0.0038-0.42

 COMMODITY FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Oil77.47-0.58-0.74
Gold1,146.804.900.43
Natural Gas4.420.081.89

 BONDS
 PRICEYIELD 
10-Year Japan100.841.31 
10-Year Hong Kong104.742.11 
10-Year Singapore100.302.46 
10-Year Australia98.965.41 

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