Reuters:   Obama plans to pressure health insurance prices as part of new reforms.

Reuters:   A Toyota (TM) memo shows the company worked to keep the costs of one of its recalls to $100 million by convincing regulators to limit a safety inquiry.

Reuters:   Greece said broader Eurozone rules for national finances are needed.

Reuters:   Five former Treasury Secretaries backed the Volcker rule.Reuters:   Schlumberger (SLB) bought Smith International (SII).

WSJ:   Geithner’s political problems have hurt his authority.

WSJ:   Many European nations may have used complex financial instruments to hide their debts.

WSJ:   Investigators are closer to catching the Google (GOOG) China hackers.

WSJ:   Pressure has grown to take GSK’s (GSK) Avandia off the market.

WSJ:   The success of US athletes could help NBC (GE) cut into an expected $250 million loss.

NYT:   China set new rules to lessen the risks of lending.

NYT:   The next big battle ground for chip companies is smartphones.

NYT:   Networks are worried about Apple’s (AAPL) plan to offer $.99 TV shows.

NYT:   Texting has passed instant messaging as the preferred way to communicate via cellphone.

FT:   The head of RBS (RBS) will get no bonus for last year.

FT:   China now take more oil from Saudi Arabia than the US does.

Bloomberg:   Derivatives show the worst is still to come for Greece’s finances.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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