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Benzinga

Fortune Brands 2Q Profit More Than Doubles; Forecast Raised
Wall Street Journal
Fortune Brands Inc.'s (FO) second-quarter profit more than doubled on divestiture gains as the company picked up market share in each of its brand groups amid an improving sales environment. Results beat expectations and the company boosted its ...
Fortune Brands Tops Views, Ups OutlookTheStreet.com
Fortune Brands profit beatsReuters
Fortune Brands quarterly profit more than doublesMarketWatch
Benzinga -RTT News -PR Newswire (press release)
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Reuters

BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Drop Ahead Of US GDP Data
Wall Street Journal
Investors' nerves were on edge Friday ahead of the release of US second-quarter economic growth data, as futures pointed to opening losses on Wall Street. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 33 points to 10376. ...
US STOCKS-Futures edges down ahead of Q2 growth dataReuters
Stock futures fall ahead of GDP reportThe Associated Press
Stock Market Story: July 30TheStreet.com
FOXBusiness -Daily Markets -International Business Times
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Reuters

Merck 2Q Profit Drops 52% On Charges; Sales Rise
Wall Street Journal
Merck & Co. (MRK) reported a 52% decline in second-quarter profit, as merger-related and restructuring costs more than offset a near doubling in sales as a result of the takeover of Schering-Plough. ...
Merck Earnings Rise More Than Estimated on Job Cuts, Sales of AIDS DrugsBloomberg
Merck Guides In Line With EstimatesTheStreet.com
Merck's 2Q net drops on higher costs, chargesThe Associated Press
Reuters -Benzinga -Comtex Smartrend
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CBC.ca

Is the Michigan oil spill sealed?
Detroit Free Press
KALAMAZOO -- Cleanup crews said Thursday they had stopped the westward spread of an oil spill heading down the Kalamazoo River, but officials from various agencies offered conflicting accounts of how far the slick had spread and whether oil continues ...
Oil leak called a threat to Lake MichiganWashington Post
US regulators demand fix for failed pipelineReuters
Health alerts after oil spillWWMT
USA Today -The Associated Press
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Globe and Mail

Fed's Bullard:Worried About Possible Deflationary Outcome For US
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The US is at risk of falling into a Japan-like deflationary trap and the best way for the Federal Reserve to avoid that would be to revive its securities buying program, ...
Fed's Bullard Calls for 'Significant' Easing PlanCNBC
Fed's Bullard: Fed Would Act If Recovery FailsABC News
: St. Louis Fed President Warns Against Japan-Style DeflationBarron's
Bloomberg -The Business Insider -UPI.com
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