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With a net worth Forbes estimates at $1.85 billion, Pritzker ranks as the 277th richest person American and will be by far the wealthiest member of the current cabinet,

Starbucks Corp. is making management changes it says will give its top leaders deeper experience with the company. The world's biggest coffee chain declined to say whether the changes were part of succession ...

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* First-quarter adj EPS $1.14 vs est $1.00 * Revenue $163.2 mln vs est $163.8 mln May 2 (Reuters) - DineEquity Inc, the owner of Applebee's and IHOP restaurants, reported a better-than-expected quarterly ...

As long as the Fed remains supportive, investors will treat every market dip as a buying opportunity.

On The Fly: Pre-market Movers

MGM Resorts International reports an unexpected profit in the first quarter, as the casino operator benefited from rooms and gambling tables on the Las Vegas Strip, and the strength of Macau. Shares rose ...

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The European Central Bank cut it main interest rate by 0.25% to 0.5%. Also, U.S. markets will look to rebound from Wednesday's selloff. Michael Casey has details.

Emerging Markets Morning Roundup: More Evidence of a Slower China; More Gold Miner Pain

Marriott posted first-quarter 2013 earnings of 43 cents per share.

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May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Marshall Sonenshine, founder and chairman at Sonenshine Partners, discusses the lingering talk of a potential merger of CBS and Time Warner as CBS reports that Super Bowl ads, cable ...

Wall Street was set to open slightly higher Thursday as an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank and better-than-expected weekly jobless claims data in the U.S. boosted investors' appetite for ...

Those "sell in May" evangelists have a spring in their step this morning thanks to yesterday's nasty little turn to the south. Speaking of turn, the sour start to the month had Jeffrey Hirsch quoting ...

Stock futures advanced on Thursday morning as strong earnings and fewer-than-expected job cuts brightened Mr. Market's mood...

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May 1 (Bloomberg) -- On today's "Street Smart," Trish Regan and Adam Johnson find your last trade of today and first trade for tomorrow. (Source: Bloomberg)

Shutterfly's first-quarter 2013 loss of 33 cents per share was narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Its Revenues also beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

William "Billy" Bretherton, star of the A&E reality TV show "Billy the Exterminator," has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of possessing synthetic marijuana, his attorney said. ...

Amazon has lost momentum this year. Is this trend likely to continue?

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - MGM Resorts International : * Up 5.8 percent to $14.60 in premarket after Q1 results

Starbucks Corp on Thursday announced a raft of management changes, including a beefing up of its team for the fast-growing China and Asia Pacific region, where it plans to add about 600 new cafes this ...

May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg senior markets correspondent Julie Hyman reports that CBS Corp. reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates as revenue was boosted by Super Bowl ads, fees from cable ...

AutoNation announced that its total retail new vehicle unit sales in April, as reported to the applicable automotive manufacturers, were 22,515, an increase of 10% as compared to April 2012. Same-store ...

General Motors and American International Group will announce quarterly results on Thursday.

Futures are strengthening into the open after the European Central Bank decided to cut its key lending rate by 25 bps to 0.5%.

U.S. stock market futures indicate a higher open on Thursday after a day-prior rout, with gains extending after a European Central Bank rate cut and in the U.S., weekly jobless claims drop to a five-year ...

MGM Resorts International, the largest casino operator on the Las Vegas Strip, posted a surprise first- quarter profit as betting in Nevada picked up.

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Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. reported adjusted earnings of 72 cents for the first quarter of 2013,

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Tetra Tech reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 net income of $24.8 million or 38 cents per share compared to $22.3 million or 35 cents in the year-ago quarter

Mitch Albom, one of the country's most popular authors, has a new publisher and a new novel coming this fall. The author of the sentimental favorite "Tuesdays With Morrie" has a three-book deal ...

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President Barack Obama on Thursday will nominate longtime fundraiser and philanthropist Penny Pritzker to run the Commerce Department and economic adviser Micahel Froman as the next U.S. Trade Representative. ...

Visa's fiscal second-quarter (ended Mar 31, 2013) operating earnings topped both the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the year-ago figure.

* Low win-rate offsets record VIP business volume in Q1 * Muted macro environment in China to weigh on business * EBITDA falls 35 pct to S$249.7 mln vs mkt estimate S$359 mln * Optimistic on Japan casino ...

Scott Redler, the Chief Strategic Officer of T3Live.com, and Brittany Umar look at companies that reported earnings like Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and companies that report earnings today like LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) ...

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May 2 (Reuters) - International Paper Co, the largest producer of corrugated boxes in North America, posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday due to weak demand for food packaging and ...

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May 2 (Reuters) - DineEquity Inc, the owner of Applebee's and IHOP restaurants, reported a 40 percent fall in first-quarter earnings as revenue dropped by more than a third. Net income fell to $17.9 million, ...

Britain's tax authority approved a controversial deal with Goldman Sachs partly to avoid the embarrassment of the U.S. bank pulling out of a new tax framework, a court heard on Thursday. The challenge ...

Reuters Market Eye - While MSCI India has already outperformed MSCI Asia ex-Japan by 3.2 percent since it became one of the cheapest four markets in the region in early March, Credit Suisse says there ...