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Russia's main stock exchange said it plans to list its shares, marking the first major test of the government's push to transform the Russian capital into an international financial center and win investor confidence.

Analysts foresee Halliburton (HAL) announcing decreased profits on Friday, January 25, 2013, when it reports its fourth quarter earnings. Despite this, they are generally optimistic about the stock.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports its second quarter earnings on Friday, January 25, 2013.

Kimberly Clark (KMB) reports its fourth quarter earnings on Friday, January 25, 2013.

Honeywell (HON) reports its fourth quarter earnings on Friday, January 25, 2013.

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Covidien (COV) as it prepares to reports its first quarter earnings on Friday, January 25, 2013.

Foreign buyers are now being seen as the potential salvation for a Chinese stock market bereft of domestic investors who have turned their sights to stocks abroad.

As Caterpillar grapples with an accounting scandal at a Chinese company it bought last year to drive growth in its mining business, the Chinese business's unusual pedigree is coming into focus.