Yahoo! News: Business
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    Coca-Cola Enterprises posts 4th-quarter loss (Reuters)

Reuters - Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. , the world's largest bottler of
 Coke drinks, on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter loss due to the tax
 expense for moving overseas profits to the United States.

    Marriott profit rises 25 pct on higher room rates (Reuters)

Reuters - Marriott International Inc. , the top U.S. hotel operator, on
 Thursday reported a 25 percent rise in quarterly profit as strong
 demand allowed it to increase room rates.

    Research In Motion unveils workaround plan (Reuters)

Reuters - Research In Motion   released on Thursday details of a
 software workaround it has designed for its BlackBerry e-mail device as
 a backup plan if U.S. courts rule against the Canadian company in a
 patent dispute.

    Aetna posts higher 4th-qtr profit (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc.  on Thursday posted higher
 quarterly earnings as enrollment in its health plans increased.

    Stock futures gain on tech earnings, AIG (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher start on Thursday,
 adding on to the previous day's gains, as investors were encouraged by
 upbeat earnings from technology and other companies, and news of a
 settlement on accounting fraud at insurer American International Group.

    Group: German Economic Growth May Slow (AP)

AP - Economic research institute DIW said Thursday that growth in
 Germany will likely slow during the first quarter because of cold
 weather halting some construction.

    Stock futures gain on tech earnings, AIG (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher start on Thursday,
 adding on to the previous day's gains, as investors were encouraged by
 upbeat earnings from technology and other companies, and news of a
 settlement on accounting fraud at insurer American International Group.

    Fund Investors Cool To U.S. Markets (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Mutual fund investors don't seem to have
 much faith in the U.S. stock market these days. Despite a smart rally
 -- the S&P 500 is up 7.3% since its Oct. 13 low -- money has been
 coming out of U.S. stock funds.

    UK's Tesco to make first move into U.S. in 2007 (Reuters)

Reuters - Tesco Plc will enter the U.S. market for the first time next
 year through a West Coast convenience store start-up it expects to
 break even by 2009.

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