Reuters: Obama is trying to push Wall St. reform.
Reuters: German aid for Opel will go in part to Russia for operations there.
Reuters: A global poll shows support for stimulus packages.
Reuters: J&J (JNJ) is in talks to cut its $1.5 billion Elan investment.
Reuters: Cadbury’s chairman said Kraft’s (KFT) bid was unwanted and unattractive.
Reuters: JAL shares jumped on AMR (AMR) and Delta (DAL) investment talks.
Reuters: EMC (EMC) hired a top Intel (INTC) executive.
Reuters: China scorned a US tire tariff.
Reuters: The Fed may not raise rates until 2011.
Reuters: Banks are changing CEOs but that may not make them safer.
WSJ: “China said it would review complaints about U.S. exporters of chicken and auto products after Washington’s move to slap punitive sanctions on Chinese tire imports.”
WSJ: China may take a stake in power plant developer AES which is based in the US.
WSJ: New prime brokerages are being formed to service hedge funds.
WSJ: The CEO of Toll (TOL) made money on sales of shares.
WSJ: Chevron (CVX) got approval for a huge LNG project in Australia.
WSJ: UPS (UPS) will offer web printing services.
WSJ: LG plans a Google (GOOG) Android smartphone.
WSJ: Renault and Nissan are betting on electric cars.
WSJ: A BIS survey notes that big banks are a threat to markets and should pay higher taxes.
WSJ: Growth in Asia appeared to be “decoupled” from the West, again.
WSJ: China Mobile (CHL) said its iPhone talks with Apple (AAPL) are ongoing.
WSJ: The US is finding its role in business and finance hard to unwind.
WSJ: Risk taking behavior is returning to Wall St.
WSJ: Blog networks are doing well with advertising while traditional competitors are not.
FT: Hedging gold has lost it luster.
FT: Doubts remain over the B of A (BAC) buyout of Merrill Lynch.
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