Today's Best Market Rumors (1/7/2009) (AMR)(AOL)(GOOG)

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Published: January 7, 2010 8:44 am

Last Updated: March 26, 2020 9:16 am

Updated throughout the day.

The New York Fed told AIG (NYSE:AIG) not to disclose swaps deals with companies including Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). (Bloomberg)

Ivanhoe Mines may be for sale (Reuters).

AMR (NYSE:AMR) has raised its offer to take a minority position in JAL by $300 million. (WSJ)

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will sell five to six million units of its new Nexus One phone this year (AllThingsD)

AOL (NYSE:AOL) will by tech blog Mashable (Techmeme)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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