Reuters:   Small businesses are having trouble finding financing.

Reuters:   VW has stopped tie-up talks with Porsche.

Reuters:   The US budget chief says there are signs the economic free fall is over.

Reuters:   Central banks may need more power to maintain stability.

Reuters:   GM’s Opel might make cars for other brands.

Reuters:   AT&T (T) may offer cloud-based storage.

Reuters:   AIG (AIG) will offer an IPO of its key Asia assets.

Reuters:   UBS (UBS) is upping payments to some bankers to retain them.

WSJ:   India’s stock market rose 17% after national elections.

WSJ:   Some Madoff victims are being investigated about what they knew,

WSJ:   Tech firms are bracing for antitrust investigations by the new Administration.

WSJ:   Investors are looking for stronger signs of a recovery to keep the rally going.

WSJ:   The US is set to re-think the role of the Fed.

WSJ:   Nomura is launching a big US push.

WSJ:   Toyota (TM) rolled out its new Prius.

WSJ:   Venture-backed stocks are making a return.

WSJ:   Baidu (BIDU) worked went on strike over pay.

WSJ:   New tax proposals are targeting life insurers.

WSJ:   Brazil is turning to China to help finance oil projects.

WSJ:   Hopes for a recovery at Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) may come from California.

WSJ:   Oil exploration companies are still pursuing growth.

WSJ:   While the number of internet pages is endless the ad revenue to go against them is not.

NYT:   Networks are scrambling their line-ups in reaction to the ad downturn

NYT:   Google (GOOG) may be the target of new antitrust work.

NYT:   The editor of Wired has not figured out how to market it profitably.

NYT:   Cell phone makers are hoping for a blockbuster summer.

NYT:   GM (GM) may seek more production from low-wage regions.

NYT:   A report from IHS CERA says there is big opportunity in Canadian oil sands.

FT:   Smaller US banks need $24 billion in capital.

FT:   Battery makers will seek US aid.

FT:   The head of Siemens (SI) sees a revival in Germany.

FT:   A  study reports that analysts do not move stocks.

Bloomberg:   Japan’s foreign currency bonds were cut by Moody’s.

Bloomberg:   JP Morgan upgraded the India stock market and cut China to “neutral.”

Douglas A. McIntyre

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