Wall Street opens up on Greek deal hopes

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose at the open on Thursday as strong uptake by investors in Greece’s debt swap fed optimism a deal could be completed by a deadline later in the day, staving off a messy default. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 69.48 points, or 0.54 pe
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Stocks cheered by growth hopes, debt woes drag euro (Reuters)

Reuters – Asian stocks rose on Wednesday as investor risk appetite returned after upbeat U.S. and European economic data improved the global growth outlook, but the euro’s gains were short-lived due to deep-set worries over the European debt crisis. Yahoo! News: Business N
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Wall Street gains on hopes for EU debt solution (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks jumped at the start of what could be the most important week of the year for Wall Street as hopes grew that European leaders will find a solution to the region’s debt crisis at a summit on Friday. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Stock futures soar on Europe hopes (Reuters)

Reuters – Stock index futures jumped on Monday on optimism over the latest round of proposals out of Europe designed to corral the growing euro zone debt crisis. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Insight: GM hopes spending on start-ups will make it cool (Reuters)

Reuters – From an empty auto-parts plant in the heart of Rust Belt America, General Motors Co is out to show the world that the automaker once dismissed as an industrial dinosaur has gained some Silicon Valley cool just two years after its taxpayer-funded bankruptcy. Yahoo! News
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