China begins to use its currency for cross-border transactions — a challenge to the dollar. (Reuters)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is denied summary judgement in a patent fight with Vringo. (Reuters)
The head of EADS says he will consider job guarantees as part of a BAE merger. (Reuters)
A stock-trading “dark pool” with financial backing from several U.S. banks settles charges that it shared client information with Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C). (WSJ)
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) hurt its chance to compete with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) Wireless and Verizon Wirelesss when it did not buy MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS). (WSJ)
Mark Hurd begins to become a face of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) two years after he was fired by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). (WSJ)
The fate of billions of dollars in old mortgages affects new home lending. (WSJ)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claim a third of federal spending will be on health care a decade from now. (WSJ)
The European Union continues to consider an areawide budget as a partial way to handle bailouts. (WSJ)
Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and Korean Air Lines may expand their partnership. (WSJ)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will release a smaller version of its iPad to compete with Google and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). (WSJ)
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has to cancel some trading orders for Kraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) stock because of glitches in its systems. (NYT)
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will allow users to promote status updates but the changes will involve a payment to the social network. (FT)
Spain will have to make concessions it does not want to make to get European Central Bank loans. (Bloomberg)
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