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TUE 01 Jun 2010

Stock futures sharply off after factory data

Prudential deal near collapse as AIG snubs lower offer

Spill wipes $23 billion off BP

Covidien to buy ev3 for $2.6 billion in vascular deal

Google phases out Microsoft Windows use: report

Boeing gets plane order from Russia state firm

ECB warns of more bank loan losses

Dubai Holding unit posts $6.2 billion loss in new hit

Honda China production still out after strike and clashes

China economy slows on tightening and seasonal factors

Stock futures sharply off after factory data

June 01, 2010 07:37 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures indicated a drop of more than 1 percent at the open on Tuesday as a slowdown in global manufacturing added to doubts about the pace of an economic recovery.

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Prudential deal near collapse as AIG snubs lower offer

June 01, 2010 07:43 AM ET

LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Prudential's bid for rival AIG's Asian unit was close to collapse after it failed to secure a price cut, raising questions over the British insurer's own future.

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Spill wipes $23 billion off BP

June 01, 2010 07:51 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Fears oil may continue spewing into the Gulf of Mexico for another two months into the hurricane season wiped $23 billion off BP's market value on Tuesday and sent the cost of protecting its debt soaring.

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Covidien to buy ev3 for $2.6 billion in vascular deal

June 01, 2010 07:41 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Medical products maker Covidien Plc plans to acquire ev3 Inc , a maker of stents and other vascular devices, for $2.6 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.