Reuters: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has begun an attempt at a hostile deal for Potash (NYSE: POT)
Reuters: A female contractor of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said she lost work because she would not have sex with Mark Hurd.
Reuters: The social agenda of politicians will determine some portion of housing reform.
Reuters: GM’s IPO has been delayed
Reuters: Oil fell on higher than expected reserves,
Reuters: India will allow the Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) Blackberry to continue in service beyond an August 31 deadline.
Reuters: RIM and the United Arab Emirates are close to a Blackberry service agreement.
Reuters: Reynolds will buy PacTiv the Hefty Bag maker.
WSJ: More and more high school students do not take tests for college
WSJ: Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) is having trouble selling its product to networks.
WSJ: The battle between Bratz and Mattel (NYSE: MAT) over toys was escalated.
WSJ: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) investors protested the CEO remaining.
WSJ: The SEC launched a probe of General Growth.
WSJ: News Corp (NYSE: NWS) gave the Republican party $1 million.
WSJ: Japan cell carriers are in a battle over mobile TV.
WSJ: Vulture investors are helping homeowners.
WSJ: Results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) show that retailers are keeping costs down.
WSJ: A deal for a critical missile project being handled by Lockheed Martin was put on hold.
WSJ: Geithner said the US need to play a role in the housing markets.
WSJ: Eli Lilly (NYSE: ELY) stopped development of an Alzheimer’s drug because it was not promising.’
WSJ: American Apparel could go bankrupt.
WSJ: GM recalled 243,000 vehicles.
WSJ: The head of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) added to his holdings in the face of a hostile takeover.
WSJ: Google may be Like.com to increase it business for image search.
WSJ: A judge said that a Barclay’s (NYSE: BCS) $298 million settlement with the US was too good a deal for the bank
WSJ: Banks are fighting a plan to have bad loans pushed back to them by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
WSJ: China will open its currency markets to foreign investors.
NYT: China set new rules for banks loans made off the books
FT: American companies will be forced to disclose the sources of minerals that they use.
FT: New accounting treatment of leases could cause companies losses.
FT: US firms are trying to match India call center costs.
Bloomberg: GM may sell preferred stock as well as common.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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