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Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts (Reuters)

Reuters - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands protested draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.

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Sarkozy, Merkel propose clampdown on speculators (AP)

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for a clampdown on the type of speculative trading that exacerbated Greece’s debt crisis and undermined the euro in recent weeks.

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Imax posts 4Q profit, reversing loss (AP)

AP - Giant-screen movie technology company Imax Corp.

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Imax posts 4Q profit, reversing loss
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Foreclosures drop for 2nd month in February: RealtyTrac (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for a second straight month in February, and notched the smallest annual increase in four years as housing-rescue efforts contained activity, a report released on Thursday showed.

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Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan (AP)

AP - Protesters clashed with riot police as more than 10,000 people marched through central Athens Thursday during a nationwide general strike against the government’s harsh new austerity measures.

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BMW 2009 net income falls 36 pct to $286 million (AP)

AP - German carmaker BMW AG says its 2009 net income fell 36 percent to euro210 million ($286 million) because of lower demand for its cars during the economic downturn as well as a higher tax rate.

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Kali+Salz’ Q4 net income falls 93 pct to $22M (AP)

AP - German salt and fertilizer company Kali+Salz AG said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income plunged 93 percent to euro16 million ($22 million) as the downturn significantly affected demand in global agricultural markets.

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Kali+Salz’ Q4 net income falls 93 pct to $22M
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Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu recalls 275,000 vehicles (AFP)

AFP - Daihatsu Motor Co., a subsidiary of embattled Toyota, said Thursday it was recalling almost 275,000 vehicles due to possible defects, the latest in a raft of problems hitting Japanese carmakers.

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U.S. reviewing more complaints Toyota fixes didn’t work (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S.

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U.S. reviewing more complaints Toyota fixes didn’t work
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Citigroup’s string of bailouts, at a glance (AP)

AP - Citigroup Inc. CEO Vikram Pandit appeared in Washington on Thursday to tell bailout overseers that today’s Citi is not the tangled behemoth that required more than $45 billion from the government to survive the financial crisis.

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Citigroup’s string of bailouts, at a glance
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