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                <p>Major business events and economic events scheduled for Wednesday:</p>
                <p>WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for January, 10 a.m.</p>
                <p>WASHINGTON — U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on the president's trade agenda.</p>
                <p>WASHINGTON — Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the housing market.</p>
                <p>WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee.</p>
                <p>WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee.</p>
                <p>WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee.</p>
                <p>H&amp;R Block Inc. releases quarterly financial results.</p>
                <p>Europe's EADS, the parent company of aircraft maker Airbus, releases annual earnings.</p>
                <p>LISBON — Portugal, trying to avoid asking for a bailout, aims to borrow up to 1 billion euros from investors in its second bond auction of the year. Results expected midmorning.</p>
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