Finance
- Wagoner: No need to cut benefits to retirees (AP)
- Retailers report dismal December sales (AP)
- Hopes rise for resolution of gas dispute
- EU stimulus plan poses 'risk to debt refinancing'
- Stock futures fall as Wal-Mart fans spending gloom (Reuters)
- Stock futures lower as retailer jitters return (AP)
- UK cuts interest rates to 1.5%
- UPDATE 1-TD Ameritrade to buy thinkorswim for $606 mln
- Temasek's Merrill investment reduced by more than $2 bln
- Eurozone economic confidence collapses
- UPDATE 1-GMAC says backs ResCap, without committing to it
- UPDATE 1-Icelandic drugmaker Actavis up for sale -sources
- Icelandic drugmaker Actavis up for sale -sources
- China's BoCom says HSBC won't cut holding
- METALS INSIDER: LME's "odd couple" stand out in the gloom
- Ukrainian, Russian gas companies hold talks (AP)
- Sears Holdings Announces December Comparable Store Sales and Fourth Quarter Outlook (PR Newswire)
- As scandal rocks Satyam, rivals may pick off clients
- India vows to end fraud as Satyam scandal shocks
- Satyam scandal rattles confidence in accounting Big Four
- Elbit signs deal for over 90 pct of Shiron shares
- UPDATE 1-Crucell shares surge on Wyeth takeover talks
- Recruiters cut headcount as profits fall
- Schaeffler poised to finally control Continental
- LandSecs sells Trillium for $1.1 billion
- Rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel
- Persimmon scraps final dividend to save cash
- Sainsbury outshines upmarket rivals
- Land Securities sells outsourcing unit for £750m
- Lyondell gets over $2 billion in bankruptcy financing
- Madoff investment loans a no go at Deutsche Bank
- Land Securities at final stage of Trillium sale
- Oil prices tumble below $43 on oil reserve report (AP)
- Debate rages over whether Madoff should be in jail (AP)
- Wells Fargo CEO sees job cuts after Wachovia deal: report (Reuters)
- Jan 7: Robin Niblett on the Israel-Gaza conflict
- Jan 7: Katinka Barysch on Ukraine-Russia gas dispute
- Jan 7: Satyam fraud shakes Indian business
- Jan 6: Alistair Darling on the economy
- Obama tech appointments seen coming soon
- Apple's Jobs takes $1 salary, but holdings suffer (AP)
- Time Warner expects $25B charge, loss for year (AP)
- Chesapeake's McClendon gets $75 million bonus (AP)
- Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (Marketwire)
- Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets (AP)
- Royal Bank mulling sale of Bank of China stake: paper
- UPDATE 1-China may put new curbs on overseas investments
- CES-Cisco sees acquisitions with focus on video
- China may put new curbs on overseas investments
- RBS eyes sale of £2bn Chinese stake
- Trouble at home for RBS dims China star
- ECB shuts its ears to rate cut call
- UPDATE 2-Wyeth says biotech deals likely despite hardships
- Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google and Yahoo
- US deficit set for postwar record
- UPDATE 2-Vaccine maker Crucell says in talks with Wyeth
- Banks must spend £1bn on IT
- Dow Chemical prepared to delay Rohm & Haas deal: report
- Almost 46 percent of NRG Energy shares tendered in offer
- Universal banks winning battle for hedge business
- UPDATE 1-Sun Times says will accept investor decisions
- German bond sale's fate signals trouble ahead
- UPDATE 1-U.S. bank group says worried that Treasury overspent
- TF1 confirms draft deal to sell stake in 'French CNN'
- BP counts the $6bn cost of decline in oil prices
- EU calls crisis talks as gas flow stops
- UPDATE 1-Wells Fargo names investment banking chiefs
- US bank group says worried that Treasury overspent
- Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google, Yahoo
- Wyeth says biotech deals likely despite hardships
- Dow considers legal action against Kuwait
- Tales from Main Street: Philadelphia
- Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP)
- Germany warns gas shortage imminent
- Legal fight in Dow-Kuwaiti deal looms (AP)
- Fed Feared Rate Cuts Wouldn't Be Enough For Economy (CNBC)
- German tycoon Adolf Merckle commits suicide (Reuters)
- Billionaire Merckle commits suicide
- Wall Street up as tech strength offsets weak data (Reuters)
- UPDATE 4-Dow Chemical to pursue legal action against Kuwait
- Apple brings in variable pricing on iTunes
- UPDATE 1-Winner in Cubs sale process to be picked this week
- Admiral plans to ring-fence pubs
- Gecina to sell treasury shares to U.S.-based SAGE
- Eurozone inflation tumbles
- Winner in Cubs sale process to be picked this week
- UPDATE 1-Goody's Family Clothing to liquidate stores
- Altria completes UST acquisition
- UPDATE 2-Satyam up on all-share merger talk
- Asset managers turn to corporate bonds
- Hedge funds face more pain
- Toyota to shut car plants for 11 days
- GSR Ventures raises $383 mln for new China fund
- Toyota to suspend production for 11 days in Japan (AP)
- Ahead of the Bell: Pending Home Sales (AP)
- 6 countries lose Russian gas (AP)
- Euro slips below $1.34 in European trading (AP)
- UPDATE 1-China SMIC discussing stake sale to Intel-sources
- UPDATE 1-EU extends review of Lufthansa bid for Brussels Air
- Gas row spreads as supplies to Europe fall
- Euro weakens as prices plunge
- Volkswagen shares gain as Porsche gets majority (Reuters)
- EU extends review of Lufthansa bid for Brussels Air
- Daiwa drops big fund plan after Blackstone talks fail
- UPDATE 1-Satyam up on merger talk, despite denials
- Investors cheer as retailers reassure
- China SMIC discussing stake sale to Intel-sources
- Israeli troops killed by 'friendly fire'
- FACTBOX-Key facts about U.S. December auto sales
- December Canadian auto sales sag 21 percent
- UPDATE 1-U.S. House panel postpones financial bailout hearing
- U.S. groups seen in talks to save Waterford Wedgwood
- Petrol Ofisi-unable to make Black Sea gas purchase
- Next offers cheer to battered retail sector
- Debenhams shares soar as debt fears recede
- UPDATE 1-New Look eyes more store openings as sales rise
- Tech Mahindra approached Satyam for merger: report
- Kuwait's Dar mulls Saudi Aston Martin deal: paper
- Belgium mulls Fortis shareholder compensation: paper
- Russia gas to Turkey from west pipeline cut-minister
- Logitech to cut 15% of workforce
- Ryanair extends offer period for Aer Lingus bid
- Porsche raises stake in VW to over 50 percent
- Satyam tumbles amid governance fears, merger talk
- RPT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks up for 7th day on recovery hopes
- Deutsche's China securities JV wins regulatory nod
- Share issue guidelines eased by ABI
- Insurers ready to benefit from lessons learned
- Investors boost world stocks (Reuters)
- World stocks rise on US rally, stimulus hopes (AP)
- Pfizer chief open to acquisitions: report
- Pfizer chief open to acquisitions - FT
- UPDATE 1-Turkey boosts gas supplies direct from Russia
- New Ultimate Ears Earphones Put Music Lovers in the Zone (Business Wire)
- UPDATE 1-Macquarie cuts price for high-end China property
- Euro up on dollar at $1.3921 (AP)
- Waterford Wedgwood falls into administration
- Restaurant Group sales slow sharply
- Renaissance waves management fees on futures fund- WSJ
- China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Announces New Management Team Members (PR Newswire)
- Australia's NAB could sell British banks: paper
- China's Shagang could push for overseas IPO
- Satyam explores possible merger: report
- 3D games and films to launch in living rooms
- Macquarie aims to sell China property - sources
- Kyriakou plans to amass £2bn for acquisitions
- Europe feels heat from gas stand-off
- Four Seasons merger is rejected
- Yellen: Pull out all stops for grim economy (Reuters)
- M&S worst hit as UK stores feel the pinch
- Wall Street braces for 2009's first full week (AP)
- Happy travelling on junior market for Vertu Motors
- ECB seeks wider policing role
- CFO anger at banks' refusal to loosen credit
- Former newspaper rivals cooperate as jobs are cut (AP)
- Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show (AP)
- Israel continues ground attack in Gaza
- Hochtief attacks ECB over HQ plan
- RPT-IPO VIEW-Cheap acquisitions may be SPACs' last chance
- Time ripe for Fed inflation target: Bullard (Reuters)
- Lottery's Millionaire Raffle Drawing Creates Four New Millionaires (PR Newswire)
- Cadillac unveils sleeker SRX before Detroit show (AP)
- Chinese manufacturing shrinks in December (AP)
- Israel launches ground attack in Gaza
- Daimler denies interest in acquiring Ford's Volvo
- Ukraine: Serious gas shortages possible (AP)
- Pimco will pay delayed dividend after all (AP)
- Obama: Country needs economic stimulus plan (AP)
- Flowers, Soros, Michael Dell team to buy IndyMac (AP)
- NY business sues Madoff to get back $10 million (AP)
- Government sends Chrysler $4 billion bridge loan (AP)
- Market rally faces first New Year tests (Reuters)
- High street left with harsh hangover
- HBOS pension trustees challenge merger
- JJB promotes Jones to executive chairman
- Waitrose feeds John Lewis sales rise
- Kyriakou lines up £2bn for UK buys
- Austria takes control of Bank Medici
- Beijing moves to stifle reform calls
- UPDATE 1-GM, GMAC loosen finance pact after lender bailout
- Starwood signs Zell pact, hotel shares rise (Reuters)
- UPDATE 4-Chrysler gets $4 billion U.S. government loan
- Ford sees sharp drop in US sales, no Q1 rebound
- US gov't sends Chrysler $4B bridge loan (AP)
- Private equity group buying IndyMac assets
- Gazans vow revenge as raids go on
- Manufacturers suffer record declines in activity
- UPDATE 2-Burkle's Yucaipa buys Barnes & Noble shares
- Moscow and Kiev seek allies in gas dispute
- UPDATE 2-Private equity group buying IndyMac assets
- Coping With Cutbacks In Your 401(k) (Investor's Business Daily)
- While Street Sleeps, Amgen Stirs Interest (Investor's Business Daily)
- Put New Recruits To The Test (Investor's Business Daily)
- FACTBOX-Terms of the FDIC's IndyMac sale agreement
- UPDATE 2-Recycled Paper Greetings files Chapter 11
- UPDATE 1-Burkle's Yucaipa buys Barnes & Noble shares
- Air France seen beating tough odds for Alitalia
- UPDATE 2-Dynegy ends coal-plant venture with LS Power
- Starwood signs Zell pact, hotel shares rise
- HBOS pension trustees seek to delay Lloyds deal
- GM, GMAC loosen finance pact after lender bailout
- Satyam founders' stake falls to 5.1 percent from 8.3
- EU fears for supply as Russia halts gas to Ukraine
- Gaza assault boosts Barak
- Nokia vows to exact revenge on rivals
- Paulson says crisis sown by imbalance
- Alstom attacks Chinese train exports
- Motorists' habits spur call for tax increases (AP)
- Stock futures signal mixed start of the year (Reuters)
- World stock markets open 2009 on high note (AP)
- Russian continues to withhold gas to Ukraine (AP)
- Oil falls 8 percent after 2008 ended with a surge (Reuters)
- China's Lenovo "to lay off 200 staff" in Beijing
- NetPlay buys 2 mobile gaming Web sites for 1 mln stg
- Immunodiagnostic sells haematology unit for 4.2 mln euros
- UPDATE 1-Bank of America completes Merrill Lynch purchase
- Bank of America completes Merrill Lynch purchase
- Russia, Ukraine say gas dispute won't hurt Europe (AP)
- NY police: Stores responsible for crowd control (AP)
- 2 big banking sector acquisitions completed (AP)
- Time Warner Cable and Viacom reach deal (AP)
- Russia halts gas to Ukraine
- Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas (AP)
- Complexity is out as banks fight to survive
- Cost-cutters move into mainstream
- Bank of America, Wells close mergers as banking transforms
- After worst year ever, commodities may lag recovery (Reuters)
- Wells Fargo completes Wachovia purchase
- Viacom and Time Warner reach deal to avoid blackout (Reuters)
- Russia cuts off gas supplies to Ukraine
- Wells Fargo and Wachovia Merger Completed (Business Wire)
- Merrill Lynch workers stand, applaud, say goodbye (AP)
- Blackout looms in Time Warner Cable-Viacom fight (AP)
- General Motors gets first tranche of US loan (AP)
- U.S. Treasury confirms $6 bln disbursed for GMAC
- UPDATE 3-GMAC eases debt burden with $21.2 billion swap
- HudBay calls meeting to vote on board ouster
- AIG may seek to ease loan repayment terms: reports
- UPDATE 2-Oilexco says unit faces insolvency, shares skid
- IBM in sales alliance with Japan's Ricoh: paper (Reuters)
- UPDATE 2-GM gets $4 bln rescue loan, Chrysler on hold
- Credit Suisse to get Aberdeen stake
- Auditors urge rethink on pension calculations
- Sir Tom feels housing and retail pain
- Vienna poised to take control of Bank Medici
- Wall St rises after Fed efforts to boost economy (Reuters)
- Stocks extend advance in year's final session (AP)
- Mortgage applications remain at 5-year highs (AP)
- Gazprom: Ukraine threatens to seize Russian gas (AP)
- Israel rejects calls to halt attacks on Gaza
