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NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 (Reuters) -- The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business. ... > read full story

, Feb. 6, 2012 (Reuters) -- General Motors <GM.N> aims to raise its profit margin to 10 percent over the next several years, up from the current margin of about 6 percent, Daniel Ammann, chief financial officer, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. ... > read full story

, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- About a year ago, when it became clear that taking Facebook Inc public was a matter of when not if, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg went out and poached Caroline Everson, then global advertising head at Microsoft Corp. ... > read full story

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- A simmering feud between General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co heated up on Sunday as Ford objected to GM's Super Bowl advertisement for its Chevy Silverado pickup truck. ... > read full story

BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- Four floors up overlooking the bustle of the cavernous Joy City Mall in Beijing, diners take a break from shopping to slurp noodles and nibble on dumplings at an Ajisen restaurant. ... > read full story

FRANKFURT, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- D.Boerse CEO eyes new allies as NYSE deal crumbles Deutsche Boerse <DB1Gn.DE> does not believe it can survive in the long term without a new partner despite the collapse of its proposed $7.4 billion merger with NYSE Euronext <NYX.N>, its chief executive told a German newspaper. ... > read full story

, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- Boeing <BA.N> has discovered a problem related to the aft fuselage of its 787 Dreamliner planes and is making repairs that will not affect production of the aircraft, the company said in an emailed statement on Sunday. ... > read full story

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- A renewed focus on Europe's banking and debt crisis may quickly sap the nascent optimism about global economic prospects that followed a remarkably solid U.S. January employment report. ... > read full story

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction. ... > read full story

CAPE TOWN/LONDON, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- Top executives at trader Glencore <GLEN.L> and miner Xstrata <XTA.L> are hammering out the final details of an $80 billion tie-up to seal the industry's largest ever takeover, which could be announced as early as Tuesday. ... > read full story

BRUSSELS, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF. ... > read full story

BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- China has a stake in helping the euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as an export market and as a source of technology. ... > read full story

TOKYO, Feb. 5, 2012 (Reuters) -- Japan's troubled Olympus Corp said on Sunday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on April 20, when it is expected to seek approval of a new management team. ... > read full story

BRUSSELS, Feb. 4, 2012 (Reuters) -- Euro zone finance ministers told Greece on Saturday it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately-held debt until it guaranteed it would implement reforms needed to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF. ... > read full story

BERLIN, Feb. 4, 2012 (Reuters) -- The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a German magazine on Saturday. ... > read full story

FRANKFURT, Feb. 4, 2012 (Reuters) -- Deutsche Boerse's <DB1Gn.DE> chief executive Reto Francioni should step down following the collapse of its $7.4 billion plan to merge with NYSE Euronext <NYX.N>, a member of the German exchange operator's supervisory board told a newspaper. ... > read full story

BUDAPEST, Feb. 4, 2012 (Reuters) -- Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturday as saying. ... > read full story