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Financial Services & Real Estate

UK insurers face 1 bln stg hit from slump-Deloitte

* Fewer consumers cutting back on insurance than expected  Full Article  

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

UPDATE 1-Hoku Scientific may sell co on financing woes

BANGALORE, July 10 (Reuters) - Hoku Scientific Inc , a supplier of raw materials to the solar industry, said it may explore the sale of the company as it struggles to raise capital for a polysilicon plant in Idaho, sending its shares down 15 percent.  Full Article  

Healthcare

UPDATE 1-US approves Lilly, Daiichi's Effient blood thinner

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved Eli Lilly and Co and Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd's long-awaited blood thinner, Effient, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.  Full Article  

Consumer Goods & Retail

UPDATE 2-Chrysler to keep 3rd shift at Ontario plant

* Company shelves plans to sell Viper business (Adds details, background, Chrysler comments, Viper news)  Full Article  

Energy

Venture says rejects Centrica takeover offer

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - North Sea gas producer Venture Production Plc said on Friday it had rejected a $2 billion bid from from Britain's largest gas retailer, Centrica Plc .  Full Article  

Industrials, Materials & Utilities

Lockheed gets $262.5 million U.S. satellite down payment

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $262.5 million U.S. Air Force down payment toward purchase of a fourth space-based infrared systems gegeosynchronous earth orbit satellite, the Defense Department said on Friday.  Full Article  

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Patience pays for foreign banks in Japan Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 09:47am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. and European banks may dream of making it big in Japan, but tough local competition and costly past failures mean they will largely remain niche players in the world's second-biggest economy.  Full Article  |  Video 

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