Facebook will launch an IPO to raise $5 billion. (Reuters)
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says costs may drive it to a loss this quarter. (Reuters)
Sony (NASDAQ: SNE) appoints Kazuo Hirai as CEO. (Reuters)
China’s PMI is better than expected. (Reuters)
Patent plaintiffs file actions against Facebook ahead of its IPO. (Reuters)
Panasonic and Samsung will try to set financial ties to troubled Olympus. (Reuters)
Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and DE Shaw are among Kodak’s largest creditors. (Reuters)
The U.S. to charge some Credit Suisse employees with mortgage bond fraud. (WSJ)
President Obama will try to set plans for millions to refinance mortgages. (WSJ)
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) to buy India entertainment company UTV Software Communications. (WSJ)
Hulu will press its entry into original programs. (WSJ)
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) says it will not offer certain Amazon.com books. (WSJ)
U.S. refiners and the United Steelworkers come to an agreement just ahead of a strike. (WSJ)
The U.S. deficit will be above $1 trillion again in the next year. (WSJ)
As Greece moves closer to default, Germany presses its case for more control over the small nation’s budget. (WSJ)
The European Central Bank faces huge losses from a Greek default. (WSJ)
Corn and tin prices rise rapidly. (WSJ)
Chrysler may do more to save Fiat than Fiat did for Chrysler. (WSJ)
The stock market has its best January gains in 15 years. (WSJ)
Natural gas futures fall 7.7%, nearly a one-day record. (WSJ)
Officials track more than 90% of the money lost from MF Global customer accounts. (NYT)
A new rare earth plant will open in Malaysia. (NYT)
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has attached some AMR assets to help employees to get benefits. (NYT)
New jobs data show the great differences among EU economies. (FT)
Greek bondholders may set a deal to get a better return if its economy recovers. (Bloomberg)
China’s home prices fall for the fifth month in January. (Bloomberg)
Douglas A. McIntyre
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