Reuters: Riots in China show the nation is in flux.
Reuters: The US is considering mortgage aid for the unemployed.
Reuters: The June budget gap was $94 billion.
Reuters: Rattner stepped down from the auto task force.
Reuters: The spy probe of Rio Tinto (RTP) workers in China grew.
Reuters: A new consumer agency won’t cause bank fee hikes.
Reuters: Exxon (XOM) plans investing in making fuel from algae.
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (GS) execs sold $700 million in stock.
Reuters: Lawmakers want more information on the Bank of America (BAC) deal to buy Merrill Lynch.
Reuters: Facebook employees were allowed to sell some stock, valuing the company at $6.5 billion.
Reuters: Ford (F) and GM rejected $80 billion in bonuses for Visteon management.
WSJ: The US is in advanced talks to save CIT (CIT).
WSJ: Fortress is in complex negotiations over $1.5 billion in loans.
WSJ: Starwood made a bid for Corus.
WSJ: The EU may step up pay curbs.
WSJ: The EU plans a major new gas pipeline.
WSJ: Dell (DELL) says PC sales are still soft.
WSJ: The US is looking at aid to the auto supply sector.
WSJ: McGraw-Hill (MGP) may sell BusinessWeek.
WSJ: Microsoft (MSFT) will offer software online.
WSJ: Google (GOOG) is betting on online software.
WSJ: The $1 trillion deficit is complicating Obama’s objectives.
WSJ: The UK may be slow to sell its shares in major banks.
WSJ: China is concerned about banks making loans that encourage easy credit and perhaps cause inflation.
WSJ: The SEC is looking into practices at credit rating firms.
WSJ: Shares in Goldman Sachs (GS) and JPMorgan (JPM) may be over-bought.
WSJ: A much-need shake-out in the magazine industry in on the way.
WSJ: Honda (HMC) will expand its hybrid line-up.
WSJ: GM played down a bid for Opel from a Chinese auto firm.
WSJ: Video game maker Take-Two (TTWO) cut forecasts.
WSJ: Burger King (BKS) is killing plans for a $1 hamburger.
NYT: Some airline carriers may not survive.
NYT: Bing has brought credibility to Microsoft’s (MSFT) search efforts.
NYT: China may be protecting its wind and solar energy businesses from outside competition.
NYT: The job growth in healthcare is expected to be strong.
NYT: South Korea says a trade deal with Europe is near.
FT: In the US, weeds are growing with green shoots.
FT: The sale of McGraw-Hill’s (MGP) BusinessWeek may bring only $1.
Bloomberg: The credit default swap market is being investigated by the Justice Department.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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