Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) has held private talks with Hershey (NYSE:HSY).
Reuters: Oil dropped below $83 as China said it would tighten its energy policy.
Reuters: GM will close Saab.
Reuters: China’s central bank hiked yields.
Reuters: The Fed’s Bullard said the US jobless rate would start to fall.
Reuters: Samsung said 2010 should be much improved and its chip sales are strong.
Reuters: Sony (NYSE:SNE) said its US holiday sales beat forecasts.
Reuters: JAL may post a $13.3 billion loss
WSJ: GM said it will post a profit this year.
WSJ: Apartment vacancies hit 8% last year, a 50-year high.
WSJ: The FDIC may tie fees to the risk undertaken by high-paid bank executives.
WSJ: Fed officials were split over mortgage securities buybacks.
WSJ: US airline stocks are moving up quickly.
WSJ: California will seek US funds as its deficit grows.
WSJ: The Justice Department will lead the review of the Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)-NBCU deal.
WSJ: TI (NYSE:TXN) will enter the e-read market with new chips.
WSJ: AT&T (NYSE:T) will sell devices using the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Andriod OS.
WSJ: The ADP report says job losses continued in December.
WSJ: P&G (NYSE:PG) is pushing its well-known brands like Olay.
WSJ: Bed, Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) sales rose.
WSJ: US album sales fell 13% last year.
WSJ: Small banks say that they are being hurt by the need to set aside more capital.
WSJ: Congress is considering raising taxes on PE firms and hedge funds.
WSJ: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) are looking at stepping up competition with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).
NYT: Internet features are being built into more cars despite risks.
NYT: Consumers are losing in the fight between cable companies and networks as many shows go off the air.
NYT: The FDA will review Epogen, Aranesp and Procrit after a clinical trial suggested that high doses might cause strokes.
NYT: New York will create a global insurance exchange.
NYT: The Interior chief will review oil and gas leases.
Bloomberg: Iron ore hit a one-year high.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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