According to Reuters, The Washington Research foundation has sued several companies including Nokia and Samsung for infringing on a Bluetooth patent. (NOK)
The Wall Street Journal writes that Wal-Mart will schedule employees on more flexible timetables to match workers in stores to customer levels. (WMT)
Reuters writes that Toyota is expected to beat Ford in car sales in the US for December. (TM)(F)
Reuters writes that retailers are likely to show increases in sales but that discounting may hurt margins. Best Buy and Circuit City will report results on Friday.. (BBY)(CC)
The Wall Street Journal writes that Chinese automaker Changfeng Group Co will show cars at the Detroit auto show, possibly marking a shift in the efforts of China car companies to crack the US market.
The Wall Street Journal reports the the new News Corp business channel got a large boost as TIme Warner Cable agreed to carry the programming. (NWS)(TWX)
The New York Times writes that Google has created an automated tool to screen the 100,000 job applications that it gets each month (GOOG)
The New York Times writes that South Korea in investigating Qualcomm to explore the companies licensing and business practices.
The FT reports that US reliance on OPEC has reached its highest level in 15 years hitting 52% over overall supply.
Barron’s reports that there are predictions in the market that if Yahoo! Panama is a success the big internet portal may become an acqusition target for Microsoft. Further speculation is that Microsoft or Yahoo will buy Time Warner unit AOL. (MSFT)(YHOO)(GOOG)(TWX)
Douglas A. McIntyre
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