Reuters: Japan raised the idea that the G7 make a statement about the dollar.
Reuters: Shoppers move into Black Friday with small budgets.
Reuters: Dubai’s debt crisis raised the prospect of more trouble in the financial markets.
Reuters: ING will make a $11 billion rights offering at a large discount.
Reuters: One of the German states called Opel job cut plans “unacceptable”.
Reuters: Tighter capital controls are emerging in Asia.
WSJ: Large Wall St. firms are beginning to fund M&A deals again.
WSJ: Sony (NYSE:SNE) is betting on 3D TV sales.
WSJ: The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone will be sold in Korea.
WSJ: Data show that the sharp recession may not, in the current case, be followed by a sharp recovery.
WSJ: Big retailers like Target (NYSE:TGT), Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and JC Penney (NYSE:JCP) have put sales online early to simulate traffic.
WSJ: Video game sales are running out of momentum as holiday begin.
WSJ: China is facing a protectionist backlash next year according to one organization.
FT: Black Friday retail marketing is turning to social networks.
Bloomberg: RBS (NYSE:RBS) has large exposure to Dubai debt.
Bloomberg: Shipping prices could drop another year.
Douglas A. McIntyre