Many members of the EU want Greece to remain a member but have begun to prepare for its departure. (Reuters)
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posts better-than-expected earnings and says it will fire 27,000 people. (Reuters)
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) loses an important ruling in an intellectual property suit against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). (Reuters)
Shareholders sue Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) because of trouble with its IPO. (Reuters)
Facebook may move to the NYSE (NYSE: NYX). (Reuters)
Some large investors receive warnings from analysts that projections of Facebook’s earnings have come down. (WSJ)
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) increases drilling on the Utica Shale in Ohio. (WSJ)
Sony (NYSE: SNE) will sell part of its LCD business to Sharp. (WSJ)
The head of sales at Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) departs. (WSJ)
Yields on German bonds fall to all-time lows as capital moves to safety. (WSJ)
General Electric (NYSE: GE) says its industrial profit margin will rise in 2013. (WSJ)
Oil falls below $90 for the first time since October. (WSJ)
Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) will begin to drill in far north areas of Alaska. (NYT)
Martha Stewart will once again become chairperson of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO). (NYT)
A deal for financial coordination among EU nations will be put off until a June meeting. (FT)
Shale gas helps the U.S. lower emissions. (FT)
Large companies turn over CEOs less than in the downturn, according to Booz & Company. (FT)
BMW will triple its output in China. (Bloomberg)
Detroit turns off street lights to save money. (Bloomberg)
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