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  • Asia stocks rise on Toyota earnings, US growth optimism; Bond risk drops.
  • Job growth remains weak in US private sector with payrolls rising 42,000 last month.
  • Trichet may start second run at exit as Euro region recovers from crisis.
  • AOL's advt sales fell 27% in Q2, swings to a loss on a $1.41B in write-down.
  • Aviva first-half profit rises 21% on sales of pensions and savings products
  • Barclays H1 profit advances 29% on lower provisions for bad loans.
  • Carl Icahn raises his stake in Motorola to 9.99%.
  • Commerzbank reported a €352M profit in Q2 on lower loan provisions.
  • Conway's June net income down from $33M to $14M.
  • Devon Energy's Q2 net more than doubled despite a 3% fall in prodn, on higher prices.
  • Deutsche Telekom net falls on U.K. merger costs
  • Ethan Allen Q4 loss widens to $26.5M on tax item; swings to profit without items.
  • Furniture Brands beats by $0.12, posts Q2 EPS of $0.09. Revs rose 0.4% to $289.5M.
  • Harrah's swung to Q2 loss of $274M on customers' reduced appetite for casino visits.
  • HSBC's US arm being investigated for possible violations of anti-money laundering rules.
  • Intel to change some of its sales practices to settle a federal antitrust lawsuit.
  • Merck reports encouraging results for its Hepatitis C treatment.
  • Murphy Oil reports Q2 EPS of $1.41 (cons $1.21); revs rose 22.7% to $5.59B.
  • News Corp. swung to Q4 profit of $875M as revs rose 5.7% to $8.11B.
  • Omnicare's June net income declines from $29M to $12M.
  • PartnerRe's Q2 earnings plunged 60% to $190.9M on loss expenses. Revs up 4.3%.
  • Polo Ralph Lauren profit leaped 57% to $121M as sales and margins strengthened.
  • PulteGroup posts Q2 profit of $76.3M as closings doubled. Revs soared 92% to $1.31B.
  • Rio Tinto's H1 profit more than tripled to $5.84B on higher commodities prices.
  • Sirius swings to profit in Q2 on 18% higher revenue at $699.8M.
  • SkyWest to buy ExpressJet for $133M.
  • Sun Life Financial Says second-quarter profit declines to $209M
  • Swiss Re swung it Q2 profit of $812M led by improvements in asset management.
  • Time Warner Q2 net rises 7.3% on higher sales; boosts its full-year earnings outlook.
  • Transocean Q2 net down 12% on lower revs, utilizations and on $267M in insurance.
  • Unilever's Q2 profit rises 40%, expects economic growth to remain slow in H2.
  • Viacom's June net income rises from $277M to $420M.
  • Westar Energy beats by $0.06, reports Q2 EPS of $0.47. Revs rose 5.9% to $495.2M.

Source: ZeroHedge


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