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04.06 11:05 LONDON, Jun (Reuters) - World equities traded close to 2009 highs on Thursday despite losses on emerging markets and investor fervor being cooled by weaker U.S. private employment and services sector data.

04.06 10:05 (Reuters) - UAL Corp's United Airlines has asked Boeing Co and Airbus to propose competing bids to supply up to 150 new airliners, the Wall Street Journal said on its website on Thursday.

04.06 09:56 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian equities fell from eight-month highs on Thursday, led by commodity-related shares, after disappointing U.S. private employment and services sector data led investors to trim over extended bets.

04.06 07:34 (Reuters) - UAL Corp's United Airlines has asked Boeing Co and Airbus to propose competing bids for up to 150 new airliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website.

04.06 07:29 MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned metals firm Chinalco may revise its planned $19.5 billion investment in miner Rio Tinto before a June 14 deadline to avoid further delays in Australian government approval, two sources close to the deal said on Thursday.

04.06 07:19 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian equities and metals prices slipped on Thursday, after disappointing U.S. private employment and services sector data led investors to trim over extended bets and look for better points to buy again.

04.06 07:17 BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (Reuters) - Discounter Wal-Mart Stores Inc says it will add more than 22,000 jobs in its U.S. namesake stores in 2009.

04.06 04:24 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to invest up to $1 billion over the next nine years to build a data center in North Carolina.

04.06 00:47 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Wednesday, halting a four-day winning streak, as falling oil prices hit energy shares, while less upbeat economic reports rekindled worries about recovery prospects.

04.06 00:26 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp named DirecTV Chief Executive Chase Carey as his top lieutenant on Wednesday, marking the return of one of the media conglomerate's most trusted veterans.

03.06 23:50 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is likely to be part of the first wave of major banks to exit the U.S. government's bank bailout program after recently selling more than $2 billion of shares, research analysts said on Wednesday.

03.06 23:34 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Wednesday, halting a four-day winning streak, as falling oil prices hit energy shares, while less upbeat economic reports rekindled worries about recovery prospects.

03.06 22:46 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Biogen Idec Inc officials told shareholders on Wednesday they did not yet know if Carl Icahn -- who has called for the biotechnology company to be split in two -- had won seats on the board.

03.06 22:34 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz elaborated on her views on a potential Internet search partnership with Microsoft Corp, even as she stressed that Yahoo was not under any pressure to do a deal and downplayed Microsoft's newly-released search engine.

03.06 22:26 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell more than 3 percent on Wednesday, dragged down by an unexpected build in U.S. crude stockpiles and a stronger dollar.

03.06 22:02 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Executives of Biogen Idec Inc said on Wednesday they did not yet have the results of a shareholder vote on a slate of four dissident directors nominated by Carl Icahn.