Reuters: Geithner says there is no risk of a global currency war.
Reuters: Hedge fund investors favor the stock market
Reuters: Oil moved above $82 as China crude imports grew.
Reuters: Sony (NYSE: SNE) launched a “connected TV” based on the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) software operating system.
Reuters: Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) Q4 forecast was positive.
Reuters: Lions Gate will seek a merger with MGM which has been approved by large shareholder Carl Icahn.
WSJ: The US ended a bill on deepwater drilling.
WSJ: Standard Charter will raise over $5.2 billion in a rights offering.
WSJ: Bernanke appears to have looked to mistakes by the Japan central bank over a year ago to help set the Fed’s course
WSJ: China’s trade surplus narrowed.
WSJ: Fraudulent foreclosure claims have started to slow the housing market.
WSJ: Geithner says the yuan needs to rise substantially.
WSJ: Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has asked its employees to slow the process of making coffee to improve the quality of drinks.
WSJ: The Bank of Japan may buy more assets.
WSJ: Federal Reserve actions are likely to push the dollar lower.
WSJ: Google will fund a huge wind farm project.
WSJ: More ethanol will be used in newer cars to cut the amount of gasoline.
WSJ: Many cities have updated the size of their pension liabilities.
WSJ: Unions in France will continue to strike as the government has raised the retirement age.
WSJ: A&P will try to restructure its troubled balance sheet.
WSJ: The GM Chevy Volt is not driven entirely by gasoline.
WSJ: Alibaba will create a joint venture with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in China to build a search engine to compete with Google and Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU).
WSJ: Chevron (NYSE: CVX) said its earnings would be down.
WSJ: Fitch cut its rating of Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK).
WSJ: Profits at CSX and Cargill grew.
WSJ: Verizon Wireless has experience with heavy data use from its Android-based phones that should help it maintain network speed when it begins to sell the Apple iPhone.
WSJ: The borrowing costs for Greece fell in its latest auction.
WSJ: The FDIC set new rules in the event a large bank has to be closed.
WSJ: Corn hit a two-year high.
NYT: It may take nine years for unemployment to reach recovery levels and thirteen years for home prices.
NYT: GMAC has begun a review of mortgage practices.
NYT: The FCC may require a system to force cellular companies to alert customers when their phone bills surge.
Bloomberg: China’s trade surplus in the last quarter was the largest since the financial crisis began.
Bloomberg: A Bloomberg national poll shows people are pessimistic about their children’s futures.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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