Reuters: Google (GOOG) risks China’s wrath by its challenge to censorship
Reuters: China expressed both regret and anger at Google’s move.
Reuters: The head of the Chicago Fed said the agency will keep its pro-growth plans.
Reuters: Germany agreed to a bank tax to fund bailouts.
Reuters: China says it will have an $8 billion trade deficit in March.
Reuters: Time Warner (TWX) may pay as much as $1.5 billion for MGM
WSJ: Republicans and Democrats fought over what will happen next with health care.
WSJ: Congressional plans for an overhaul of the financial sector are advancing.
WSJ: Ford (F) is close to selling Volvo the China’s Geely.
WSJ: Zale (ZLE) rejected a private equity firm’s plans to invest in the company.
WSJ: Four Rio Tinto (RTP) employees admitted accepting bribes
WSJ: Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FNM) will not be firms that reward shareholders and risk taxpayer losses.
WSJ: Airlines are moving into the African market.
WSJ: More thieves are targeting prescription drugs.
WSJ: Dish Network (DISH) sued DirecTV (DTV) over misleading ads.
WSJ: Alibaba and Softbank are in takes to improve e-commerce trade between China and Japan.
WSJ: Co-branded and affinity cards are becoming expensive for credit card companies.
WSJ: Ken Feinberg will review pay at all firms that got TARP money even if they have paid it back.
WSJ: Concerns over Greek debt are still hurting the euro.
WSJ: E-Trade (ETFC) appointed a former Citigroup (C) executive as its CEO.
WSJ: The Administration is at work on a plan that would get banks to cut loan balances on some mortgages.
WSJ: The Treasury will sell $56 billion in bills this week.
WSJ: Chinese oil firms are forming more partnerships with Westerns companies to tap crude supplies.
WSJ: China Telecom will add RIM (RIMM) BlackBerry phones and Palm (PALM) handsets.
WSJ: Sony (SNE) dropped the price of its entry-level e-reader by $30 to $169.
NYT: Social Security may be the source of the savings for government spending.
NYT: Perseus Books Group and Workman Publishing Company will sell books on the Apple (AAPL) iPad
NYT: Toyota (TM) will replace accelerator pedals on cars on which owners are not happy with standard repairs.
FT: Geithner warned that Congress could lose its initiative to reform the financial world.
Bloomberg: China appealed to Ford (F) and Rio Tinto (RTP) to help stop currency wars.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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