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  • Exxon Mobil regains market-value crown from slumping Apple

    Exxon Mobil regains market-value crown from slumping Apple

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp has reclaimed its place as the largest U.S. publicly traded company by market value one year after losing it to Apple Inc, as shares of the technology giant...

  • New home sales rise to three-year high in 2012

    New home sales rise to three-year high in 2012

    By Jason Lange, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new single-family homes rose last year to the highest level since 2009, a sign the troubled U.S. housing market has turned a corner. Americans bought 367,000 new...

  • Microsoft profit dips ahead of Office revamp

    Microsoft profit dips ahead of Office revamp

    By Bill Rigby, Reuters

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit edged lower as Office software sales slowed ahead of a new launch, offsetting a solid but unspectacular start for its Windows 8 operating system...

  • HSBC to pay $249 million to end foreclosure reviews

    HSBC to pay $249 million to end foreclosure reviews

    By Aruna Viswanatha, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. arm of HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to pay $249 million to end a case-by-case review of past home foreclosures in the United States, bringing the total payout by banks to...

  • Morgan Stanley upbeat about future profits, performance

    Morgan Stanley upbeat about future profits, performance

    By Lauren Tara LaCapra, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman said the bank has turned itself around and can meet its goals for profitability, his boldest pronouncement yet about the near-term potential...