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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks slid on Tuesday in a choppy session, losing ground in the last hour before the close after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed disappointment that there has been "little progress" in dealing with the "fiscal cliff. " The market was flat for most of the session but fell sharply after Reid’s comments, a signal that investors remain skittish about the wrangling in Washington. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, rose on Reid’s words. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks barely budged on Tuesday as wrangling continued in Washington over key budget talks, counterbalancing progress in easing Greece’s debt burden and a slew of positive U. S. economic data. A deal in Europe to release emergency aid to debt-laden Greece gave a brief early lift to stocks, but the news was not enough to sustain the gains as investors confronted the looming "fiscal cliff" at home that could bring higher taxes and spending cuts. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0. 1 to 0. 2 percent. Market sentiment improved after Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement late on Monday on reducing Greece’s debt in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep the near-bankrupt economy afloat. The Commerce Department releases October durable goods orders at 8. 30 a. m. ET. Economists expect a 0. 6 percent fall in orders in October, against a 9. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – The euro hit a one-month high and Asian shares climbed for a seventh consecutive day on Tuesday while commodities rose and the dollar eased after a deal on new debt targets for Greece and a political agreement on disbursing the next installment of aid. After 12 hours of talks at their third meeting in as many weeks, Greece’s international lenders agreed on a package of measures to cut Greek debt to 124 percent of gross domestic product by 2020, and pledged to take further steps to lower the debt below 110 percent of GDP in 2022. . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, will step down in December after a tumultuous four years in which she tried to rehabilitate the agency’s battered reputation. In a statement issued on Monday, Schapiro said she would leave the agency on December 14. SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter will serve as chairman-designate on a temporary basis, the White House said. A White House official said President Barack Obama plans to nominate a full-term replacement in the near future. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street slipped on Monday, pulling back from last week’s gains, as retailers fell on concerns about heavy discounts at the start of the U. S. holiday shopping season and the overhang of the "fiscal cliff" kept investors wary of making big bets. The Nasdaq outperformed to close higher, led by gains in eBay and as Apple continued its bounce back. The Standard & Poor’s 500 cut most of its losses during the session and managed to stay above the psychologically important 1,400 level. It also remained above the 200-day moving average, maintaining its long-term uptrend. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks opened lower on Monday as investors focused on the meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Greece and negotiations over the U. S. "fiscal cliff" after last week’s rally. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 56. 59 points, or 0. 43 percent, to 12,953. 09. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 5. 59 points, or 0. 40 percent, to 1,403. 56. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 6. 46 points, or 0. 22 percent, to 2,960. 39. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares inched up on Monday on hopes that Greece can avoid a near-term bankruptcy, with the market focusing on a euro zone finance ministers meeting later in the day, but a regional Spanish vote favoring separatist parties capped gains. U. S. stock futures were down 0. 3 percent, suggesting a soft Wall Street open, and European shares were seen falling, with financial spreadbetters predicting London’s FTSE 100 , Paris’s CAC-40 and Frankfurt’s DAX to open down as much as 0. 3 percent. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Knight Capital Group , currently in talks with at least two firms on the possible sale of its largest business unit, is well capitalized and would only pursue a deal if it created value for its shareholders and clients, Knight’s chief executive said in an internal memo. The electronic trading firm has been approached by rivals Getco LLC and Virtu Financial LLC about its market-making operation, which uses computer models to match buy and sell orders in stocks and options, executing around 10 percent of U. S. volume, according to people familiar with the talks. . . .

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Black Friday retail sales online topped $1 billion for the first time this year as more consumers used the Internet do their holiday shopping, comScore Inc said on Sunday. Online sales jumped at least 22 percent on Black Friday, from sales of $816 million on the same day last year, according to comScore data. E-commerce accounts for less than 10 percent of consumer spending in the United States. However, it is growing much faster than bricks-and-mortar retail as shoppers are lured by low prices, convenience, faster shipping and wide selection. . . .

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