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⿿ EARNS-REYNOLDS AMERICAN ⿿ Reynolds American's fourth-quarter net income falls 54 percent on pension, trademark and other costs. Higher sales of smokeless tobacco offset cigarette volume declines.
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MADRID ⿿ Spanish airline Iberia presents a plan to cut almost a fifth of its workforce ⿿ 3,800 workers ⿿ a week ahead of a first round of strikes by labor unions.
LEAN CUISINE-RECALL Nestle issues recall for Lean Cuisine mushroom ravioli after reports of glass shards found. ⿿ BRITAIN-UBS ⿿ U.K. regulator fines UBS nearly $15 million for exposing its customers to high-risk investments and for failing to deal properly with complaints that followed. ⿿ CANADA-NEXEN-CNOOC ⿿ Canadian energy producer Nexen says a U.S. government agency has given the final approval required for its $15.1 billion acquisition by China's state-owned CNOOC. ⿿ BOEING 787-BATTERY SHIPMENTS ⿿ A U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards is moving to prevent aircraft batteries like the one that caught fire on a Boeing 787 last month from being shipped as cargo on passenger planes. TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA ⿿ NETFLIX-DREAMWORKS ANIMATION ⿿ Streaming video provider Netflix adds more kids content with DreamWorks Animation cartoon. INTERNATIONAL ⿿ ITALY-FINMECCANICA ⿿ Italian police arrest the chief executive of Italy's largest defense and aerospace group, Finmeccanica, as part of an investigation into alleged international corruption. ⿿ BRITAIN-OLYMPIC SECURITY ⿿ London Olympic organizers say agreement reached with G4S over failure to provide security. ⿿ EUROPE-FINANCIAL CRISIS ⿿ Senior EU official: No plans to force private depositors in Cypriot banks to take losses. AP Photos YL108-0212131014, YL107-0212131015, YL104-0212131017. ⿿ INDIA-ECONOMY ⿿ India's industrial output drops 0.6 percent in December; slide for 2nd month adds to gloom. ⿿ CHINA-US-SANCTIONS ⿿ China protests U.S. sanctions on companies over alleged arms deals with Iran, North Korea, Syria.Select the service that is right for you!
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