Red Lobster parent Darden profit drops »

Red Lobster parent Darden profit drops

Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:28am EDT

(Reuters) – Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI.N) posted a 6 percent drop in quarterly earnings, partly hurt by the hurricane Irene, but reaffirmed its full-year earnings outlook.

The company said Irene hurt sales at established Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants and estimated the storm reduced quarterly earnings by about [...]

S&P futures add to gains after data »

S&P futures add to gains after data

NEW YORK | Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:13am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wednesday as investors remained cautiously optimistic about progress on plans to lessen the euro zone’s debt woes.

International auditors headed to Greece to scrutinize [...]

US stocks up in premarket trade »

US stocks up in premarket trade

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Durable Goods come in as expected »

Durable Goods come in as expected

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Greece to face inspectors, Merkel hints at bailout »

Greece to face inspectors, Merkel hints at bailout

By Michael Winfrey and Ingrid Melander
ATHENS | Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:48am EDT

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s lenders are sending a team to Athens to inspect a government austerity plan they want implemented in exchange for aid, while Germany suggested a new bailout may have to be [...]

Judge narrows $1 billion Madoff case vs NY Mets owners »

Judge narrows $1 billion Madoff case vs NY Mets owners

By Jonathan Stempel and Grant McCool
NEW YORK | Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:45pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge narrowed a $1 billion lawsuit against owners of the New York Mets baseball team by the trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff’s victims, and cast skepticism [...]

Ex-BP boss Hayward may quit TNK-BP board »

Ex-BP boss Hayward may quit TNK-BP board

LONDON | Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:28am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) – Former BP (BP.L) boss Tony Hayward is considering whether to step down from the board of Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP but has yet to inform the British oil company of any decision, a spokesman for [...]

Feds Bullard says most potent weapon was QE3 »

Feds Bullard says most potent weapon was QE3

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Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro »

Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro

By Harry Papachristou
THESSALONIKI, Greece | Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:07am EDT

THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Saturday he would do whatever it takes to rescue his country from bankruptcy and stay in the euro zone, as doubts in Europe grew over [...]

EURUSD targets (continued). »

EURUSD targets (continued).

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