Reuters: Japan’s Q2 CGP was only .1% or a rate of .4% for the year.
Reuters: Worries about growth have moved from Europe to the US.
Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) may sell part of its share in Blackrock (NYSE: BLK)
Reuters: Hulu will have a IPO which values that company at over $2 billion.
Reuters: Ten-year yields hit a 16 month low on slow growth.
Reuters: Gold moved up sharply and oil moved up on a weak dollar.
Reuters: A Hong-Kong company plan to launch 3-D porn products.
Reuters: A group in China may make a bid for 30% of American International Group’s (NYSE: AIG) AIA.
WSJ: A settlement between Mark Hurd and a Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) consultant was done without the input of the company’s board.
WSJ: China’s GDP passed Japan’s
WSJ: The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iAd business is off to a slow start.
WSJ: The CEO of Time Warner (NYSE: TWC) is concerned about proposed plans for net neutrality.
WSJ: Crude oil prices are now effected more by the stock market than anything else.
WSJ: Boomers will have a drag effect on the economy has they cut spending in the face of the slowing economy and the decelerating growth of their retirement funds.
WSJ: The slowing of the housing market is preventing a restructuring of Fannie Mae.
WSJ: Spending on infrastructure from the stimulus package has been slow.
WSJ: New start ups will target chips with server farms.
WSJ: Federal authorities are looking at the GE (NYSE: GE) capital arm which may cause write-downs.
NYT: Some of Google Inc (NYSE: GOOG) partners do not like its net neutrality plans.
FT: US banks will have access to a new Fed security buyback window.
FT: US lending may need to be overhauled to help housing.
Bloomberg: China favors the euro over the dollar.
Bloomberg: Back to school slow shopping pace may hurt margins at retailers.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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