Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) over smartphone technology (Reuters)

The Japanese government will release $50 billion to cover initial costs of the earthquake (Reuters)

The Administration will create a group to examine oil market trading fraud as its looks for reasons gas prices have risen (Reuters)

Apple and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) use tracking technology in the mobile operating systems to follow customer behavior (WSJ)

The dollar moved toward a record low (Reuters)

Apple has completed an online music storage product ahead of Google (Reuters)

AT&T (NYSE: T) argued the competitive benefits of its T-mobile deal to the FCC (Reuters)

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will raise the pay of a large portion of its workers (Reuters)

Amazon.com and Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) spend huge amounts of money to compete with one another but Wall St. still searches for ways the investments get returns (Reuters)

The NYSE (NYSE: NYX) board rejected a higher bid by Nasdaq (NYSE: NDAQ) and ICE (Reuters)

M&A may be critical to Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) mobile tech plans (Reuters)

A new NYT/CBS poll shows a sharp drop in impressions Americans have about the future of the nation (NYT)

Wall St. and banks have begun to lobby and work to mold the effects of Dodd-Frank (WSJ)

The CEO of PG&E will leave after a series of safety problems (WSJ)

Toyota (NYSE: TM) plans to return to full operations by the end of the year (WSJ)

Problems with the Amazon service center hurt access to a large number of sites (WSJ)

Big storms in the US will hurt insurance company results (WSJ)

China may buy more bonds of EU nations as they struggle to find bailout cash (WSJ)

Airlines try to balance capacity with fuel prices (WSJ)

GM’s (NYSE: GM) CEO made $2.5 million last year (WSJ)

Tobacco company profits as helped by higher retail prices by hurt by a drop in smokers (WSJ)

The government has pushed TV operators to give up spectrum for cellular service providers (NYT)

Sales of “green” products has been hurt by tight consumer spending (NYT)

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) face a harsh future despite its joint venture with Microsoft (NYT)

Greece will investigate market rumors that it will restructure debt (FT)

Advertising and circulation continued a relentless drop at the New York Times (NYSE: NYT)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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