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Friday, February 13, 2009 A Reuters report that the government plans to subsidize troubled homeowners' mortgage payments helped the Dow Jones industrial average pare steep losses Thursday afternoon and finish down less than seven points. Two people in BUSINESS NEWS >

(Reuters) - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 share indexes were up 0.2-0.6 percent, pointing to a higher start on Wall Street. U.S. lawmakers are preparing to pass a $789 billion stimulus package to revive in BUSINESS NEWS >

MUMBAI (Dow Jones)--Patni Computer Systems Ltd. (532517.BY) said Friday it is aggressively scouting for acquisitions in Europe as valuations have fallen and it seeks to reduce its exposure to the U.S., its main market, which has been among the worst in BUSINESS NEWS >

PARIS (Dow Jones)--France's budget deficit reached a record-high level in 2008, cutting the government's room for stimulus as the country's economy shrank at the sharpest rate in over 30 years in the fourth quarter. In 2008, the French deficit in BUSINESS NEWS >