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Today's Best Market Rumors (7/8/2010)

Updated throughout the day.

BP plc (NYSE: BP) will cap its well leak by July 27 (WSJ).

The U.S. government is launching a program nicknamed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure (Reuters)

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is close to selling Miramax to Colony Capital for $600 million to $700 million . (NYT)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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