Reuters: The Ohio Attorney General is suing a number of Wall St. firms.
Reuters: GM will start to repay part of its debt to the US.
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) will sell Bellsystem to Bain.
Reuters: Japan’s GDP numbers were leaked.
Reuters: Japan’s growth is still modest and the government may have a second stimulus.
Reuters: Fed’s Hoenig sees great weakness in the economy.
Reuters: The IMF called for a rise in the yuan.
Reuters: Hitachi will raise $4.6 billion.
Reuters: BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) says central banks will be net buyers of gold.
Reuters: Champion will put its US operations into Chapter 11.
WSJ: GE (NYSE:GE) is trying to get a huge part of government stimulus spending.
WSJ: The rate of bankruptcies is slowing.
WSJ: US earnings are strong but corporate revenue is not.
WSJ: Bristol-Myers (NYSE:BMY) will spin-off its Mead division.
WSJ: Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) settlement with book publishers is unlikely to end the matter.
WSJ: The Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) deal with GE (NYSE:GE) to control NBCU will face regulatory review.
WSJ: Auto makers are still cutting capacity and costs.
WSJ: Companies are raising debt even when they do not need that cash.
WSJ: India will increase funding for solar power.
WSJ: The bond market is likely to suffer a long, slow sell-off.
WSJ: S&P is starting to take a more negative view of banks which have federal help.
WSJ: A Comcast deal for NBCU could speed development of “addressable” advertising and interactive TV.
WSJ: The Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) is focusing on its Macau business.
NYT: Drug makers are trying to raise prices before government regulations take effect.
NYT: Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) faces the prospects that it will never be a success.
NYT: Newsweek, a part of The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO) is starting to show financial improvement.
NYT: About half of US online readers would pay for content.
NYT: Data shows that electic patient record have not improved care or cut costs.
FT: As the dollar dropped, gold hit a record.
FT: The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said food prices could spike with the end of the recession.
Bloomberg: UBS (NYSE:UBS) debt trading operations are the key to its profitability.
Douglas A. McIntyre