Reuters: Some senators want hearings on the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) bailouts.
Reuters: Toyota (TM) is at work in China on damage control.
Reuters: Asia factory output expanded by China slowed some.
Reuters: AIG (AIG) will sell its Asia life insurance unit to the UK’s Prudential for $35 billion.
Reuters: Chile’s top cooper mines were hit by the earthquake.
Reuters: The Senate will probably pass a job aid package.
Reuters: Greece may take more costs from its budget as EU officials visit the nation.
WSJ: The antitrust battles between Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) are growing.
WSJ: The dual decline of stocks and commodities may take markets down further.
WSJ: Merck KGaA will buy biotech equipment maker Millipore for $7 billion.
WSJ: A Greek bailout plan for about $41 billion involving France and Germany is well along.
WSJ: Snow will hurt February car sales.
WSJ: A quarter of Americans get news on cellphones according to Pew.
WSJ: Japan had an increase in car sales.
WSJ: Soros is unhappy with bank bailouts.
WSJ: An Apple (AAPL) audit to labor practices found some violations.
WSJ: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) results rebounded from last year.
NYT: Network news is in trouble as people get information elsewhere.
NYT: E-book costs are high for publishers because of royalties and overhead.
NYT: New York Times (NYT) content will be available on hundreds of public screens in five cities.
NYT: A Columbia Journalism Review report shows poor editing at major magazine websites.
FT: Caterpillar (CAT) will cut links in Iran.
FT: As US workers age, some manufacturing skills leave the work force.
FT: The demand for online films is dropping.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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