Reuters: Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors.
Reuters: China’s manufacturing index gained.
Reuters: A late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales.
Reuters: A US judge ruled against AIG (AIG) in a dispute with its former CEO.
Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) is offering to pay back part of its government bailout money.
Reuters: Several regional surveys show the US economy picking up.
Reuters: Boeing (BA) named a new head of its commercial plane unit.
Reuters: The US pay czar will review compensation proposals from firms which still have TARP funds.
Reuters: Carl Icahn cut his stake in Yahoo! (YHOO).
Reuters: Southwest (LUV) is waiting for a decision from US officials about whether it will have to ground planes.
WSJ: Disney (DIS) bought Marvel (MVL) for $4 billion.
WSJ: Brazil plans to play a big role in producing crude from its newly discovered oil reserves.
WSJ: Financial derivatives known as accumulators are making a comeback.
WSJ: “Tobacco companies including Reynolds and Lorillard filed suit against the FDA alleging free-speech restrictions under new marketing regulations.”
WSJ: The IRS will mine mortgage payment data.
WSJ: WalMart.com (WMT) will allow other vendors to market products on the site.
WSJ: Apple (AAPL) plans an iPod event for early this month.
WSJ: Taxpayers are getting returns from trillions of dollars in government financial investments which may not last.
WSJ: The creator of a Chinese clone of Microsoft (MSFT) Windows has become a local hero.
WSJ: Dell (DELL) will sell Brocade’s (BRCD) network products.
WSJ: The DJIA had its best August since 2000.
WSJ: The dollar may lose its role as the No.1 world currency.
WSJ: Viacom’s (VIA) Paramount unit will be hurt by the Disney (DIS) buyout of Marvel (MRVL).
WSJ: E*Trade (ETFC) rose after one of its holders said it would not sell its stake.
WSJ: Sony (SNE) will put Google’s (GOOG) Chrome browser on its PCs.
NYT: China is tightening its grip on rare minerals.
NYT: Pension advisers for GM may have their compensation reviewed by the pay czar.
NYT: A new “green” venture fund has raised more than $1 billion.
NYT: Chevron (CVX) accused Ecuador officials of taking bribes.
NYT: The WTO approved sanctions against the US because of subsidies to cotton growers that hurt Brazil.
FT: PetroChina (PTR) will buy into two Canadian oil sands projects for $1.4 billion.
Bloomberg: The head of EADS still sees no rebound in global aircraft orders.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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