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3/10/2010	Greek strike to shut down services Thursday (AP)
AP - Greek unions will stage their second nationwide strike in a week on Thursday, shutting down all public services, closing schools, customs and tax offices, halting public transport and grounding flights for 24 hours.
3/10/2010	Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN (AP)
AP - Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Wednesday that the strong earthquake in Chile last month will cost the insurance industry $4-7 billion, an estimate shared by its Germany-based rival Munich Re AG.
3/10/2010	World stocks flat but pound takes another hit (AP)
AP - World stock markets traded in a narrow range Wednesday as investors looked for renewed direction, while the British pound continued to founder following unimpressive industrial output figures.
3/10/2010	Bank of America ends overdraft fees on debit cards (AP)
AP - Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.
3/10/2010	Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP)
AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
3/10/2010	China February exports jump 45.7 percent (AP)
AP - China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise.
3/9/2010	U.S. SEC's chief economist to leave agency March 31 (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's chief economist, James Overdahl, will be leaving at the end of the month, he said on Tuesday.
3/9/2010	US to expose trade barriers in new report (AFP)
AFP - The United States said it would expose "troublesome" foreign trade barriers in a strategy to prise open markets for doubling American exports to ease an unemployment crisis at home.
3/10/2010	Brown-Forman 3Q profit falls on higher expenses (AP)
AP - The maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Korbel champagne says its fiscal third-quarter profit slipped, pinched by higher expenses.
3/10/2010	Portugal sells $1.34 billion worth of bonds (AP)
AP - Financially troubled Portugal raised euro990 million ($1.34 billion) Wednesday in a key bond auction that had more bids than bonds available, suggesting the government's austerity plan is easing market concerns about the country's ability to pay off its high debts.