NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street headed for a higher open Friday after Citigroup Inc. issued a better-than-expected earnings report, offsetting disappointing results from several other big comapnies.

Futures began the day lower after Google Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., and Microsoft Corp. had all posted quarterly results that missed analysts' expectations after the closing bell on Thursd...

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Just a day before his country's chief nuclear negotiator meets with representatives from world heavyweights in Geneva, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki discussed his country's contentious nuclear program with Turkish officials in Ankara and said he expected progress in the key talks.

Representatives from Britain, China, Russia and France as well as the European Union...

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