Archive

May 4, 2011

• FRANCE DAYBOOK: Societe Generale; Axa; Lafarge; Veolia
• Evraz Group may sell Yubileinaya Coal Mine, Vedomosti Says
• Icon’s Kirill Dmitriev May Head Russia Fund, Vedomosti Says
• Bharti Falls in Mumbai Trading After Profit Declines, Missing Estimates
• Japan Needs 8 More LNG Cargoes a Month After Reactor Shutdowns, FACTS Says
• China Money Rate Retreats as Central Bank Suspends Draining
• Australia’s Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop, Driving Down Currency, Yields
• China Coal Imports May Rise as Drought Saps Hydropower, UBS Says
• Tokyo Electric to Start Operating Air Filters at Reactor No. 1 Building
• BRAZIL DAYBOOK: Tombini Speaks at Congress, Vale Earnings
• DELPHA CONSTRUCT April Sales Fall 80.31% (Table) : 2530 TT
• India’s BSE and NSE Equity Derivative Market Activity
• Vale Plans to Start Coal Mining at Moatize in Mozambique
• INDIA DAYBOOK: Rupee Forecast, Bharti, Cipla Earnings
• G&E HERBAL BIO April Sales Rise 0.59% (Table) : 4911 TT
• TAIWAN TAFFETA April Sales Rise 3.97% (Table) : 1454 TT
• Rosneft Offers Russian Sokol Crude Oil Cargo for July Loading
• Cohen’s Landscape Sells for Record $22.5 Million at Christie’s
• Methven Falls Most in More Than 6 Years as U.K. Customer Fails
• Indomobil, Krakatau, Lippo Karawaci: Indonesia Equity Preview
• Diggle Starts New Volatility Hedge Fund Two Months After Shutting Artradis
• Air Arabia, Al Khaliji, Kuwait Insurance: Gulf Equity Preview
• Gibson Finds Salvation With Puppet; Spanish Civil War: Movies
• Australian Home-Building Approvals Rebounded in March
• China May Levy Resource Tax of 10% on Oil, Gas, Shanghai Securities Says
• Ecopetrol Net Income Rises 59 Percent as Crude Production, Prices Surge
• Australian Dollar, Bond Yields Fall as Retail Sales Unexpectedly Declined
• HEDONIST BIOCHEM April Sales Rise 53.85% (Table) : 4118 TT
• Central Banks Expand Gold Reserves With $6 Billion in Purchases
• Mexico, Russia, Thailand Add $6 Billion in Gold to Reserves on Dollar Drop
• CHILISIN ELECTRO April Sales Fall 4.72% (Table) : 2456 TT
• Developers, Galaxy Entertainment: Hong Kong Stocks Preview
• TERA XTAL Buys $30 Million Worth of Equipment From GT Solar Hong Kong
• Qatar’s Tasweeq Offers Condensate Cargoes for Loading in July
• Fed’s Lockhart Sees ‘High Bar’ for Any Post-June Bond Buying
• Canadian Solar Aims to Increase Market Share Amid Supply Glut
• Glencore IPO Shows Unregulated Traders Beating Goldman Sachs
• Ferguson’s United Understudies Repay His Trust to Set Up Barcelona Rematch
• Fed’s Lockhart Say Growth Will Show ‘Better Picture’ in 2011
• Coca-Cola Femsa Will Build $146 Million Plant in Brazil
• China May Further Reduce Rare Earth Quotas, Goldman Sachs Says
• SINGAPORE DAYBOOK: StarHub, Great Eastern, Food Empire
• Haiti Cholera Epidemic Traced to UN Peacekeepers, Report Says
• Obama Thanks Prince Charles for U.K. Assistance in Afghanistan
• REALTEK SEMI April Sales Fall 6.08% (Table) : 2379 TT
• GREATER CHINA DAYBOOK: Taiwan Inflation; China Tightening Policy May Ease
• BofA, Wells Fargo Mortgage Papers Challenged in North Carolina
• Tesla Posts Smaller Loss Than Estimated on Development Work
• Geithner Says U.S. Tax Dispute Shouldn’t Stop Deficit Progress
• California Income Tax Revenue Is Running $2.3 Billion Ahead of Projections
• Mashery Internet Startup Receives Funding From Cisco Systems
• Tesoro Reports Quarterly Profit on Surging Refining Margins
• Cook, Broad to Become England Cricket Captains Today, Telegraph Reports
• Vocalink Take-Home Pay Rises at Fastest Pace in Five Months
• German Tax Revenue Growth Surges This Year, 2012, Berliner Says
• Simon Cowell Breaks Top 10 on Music Rich List as Fortune Grows
• Manchester United Beats Schalke to Reach European Champions League Final
• Bin Laden Takedown Makes Case for Anti-Trump: Margaret Carlson
• Pricey Picasso, Ghost Haunts, Marc Almond Sings: London Weekend
• L’Oreal’s Agon Expects Body Shop Sales to Rise at Company’s Pace by 2014
• Berkshire’s Board Treats Buffett to a Whitewash: Jonathan Weil
• `Generic Republican’ Is Only One to Unseat Obama: Caroline Baum
• Bin Laden Death Celebration Shows Desire for Peace: Nafisa Haji
• Fed’s Lockhart Says Employment Recovery May Take Three Years
• New Zealand Dollar Rises as First-Quarter Jobs Growth Faster Than Expected
• Freddie Mac Reports $676 Million Profit, Won’t Seek Aid
• Wisconsin Top Court Seeks Collective-Bargaining Case Briefs
• Siemens’s Primo Says Real’s Value Poses Risk to Brazil, FT Says
• Elliott Candidate on National Express Shortlist, Telegraph Says
• Whole Foods Profit Rises 33%; Full-Year Forecast Increased
• BP U.S. Filling Station Operators Sue Over Sales Software
• Caribe Lenders Seek Return of $44.2 Million in Bankruptcy
• News Corp. Profit Drops 24% as Film Sales Fail to Measure Up to ‘Avatar’
• Mexico Says Hope of Survivors at Mine ‘Practically Null’
• Fed’s Fisher Says He Would Be Among First to Support Tightening
• Sony Said to Be Subpoenaed by New York State After PlayStation Data Breach
• Wells Fargo Hires Jinishian to Build Technology-Banking Team
• Emerging Stocks Drop as China, Brazil Signal Tightening to Fight Inflation
• Czech Central Bank May Move Closer to Raising Record-Low Rate
• Allied Technologies, Brait and Harmony: South African Stock Market Preview
• Slaski, KSG, Komercni, Netia: Central Europe Equity Preview
• General Motors to Recall 2011 Chevrolet Cruze for Inspections
• Dodgers Owner Sends Baseball Executives Letters Pushing TV Deal
• Prudential’s Profit Declines 13% as Derivative Loss Widens
• Fed’s Williams Says High Inflation Is ‘Very Unlikely’ as Commodities Ease
• Electronic Arts Profit Tops Analyst’s Views After ‘Dead Space’ Lifts Sales
• Fed’s Rosengren Says Job Growth Too Slow to Remove Stimulus
• Corn Premiums Rise on Slowed Barge Shipments; Soybeans Drop
• Sun Life Financial First-Quarter Profit Rises on U.S. Units
• Boilermech, SK Telecom, Shinhan, San Miguel: Asia Ex-Japan Equity Preview
• Transocean Profit Drops on Higher Costs and Rig-Demand Slump
• Laser Spine Surgery More Profitable Than Google Sees Complaints
• Defeating Slim Makes Maxcom’s 21% Yields a Buy to JPMorgan: Mexico Credit
• Syria’s al-Assad Must Quit, Says Possible 2012 Candidate Daniels
• Appeal to Revive Obama’s Health Care Act Should Be Rejected, States Argue
• Netflix Said to Seek Media Rights for Latin America Service
• Kimco First-Quarter FFO Falls 8.6% as Deal Income Unrepeated
• Peru Stocks: Atacocha, Cerro Verde, Credicorp, Grana Y Montero
• Treasuries Rise After Report of Services Slump; Bill Rates Fall to Record
• House Votes to Bar U.S. Funding for Insurance Exchanges
• Canadian Dollar Falls as Drop in Stocks, Commodities Saps Demand for Risk
• College Football Bowl Game System Raises Antitrust Concerns, Varney Says
• Leon Black Winning Confidence in Realogy, Harrah’s, Swaps Show
• Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Fighter Jet Passes Initial Stealth Hurdle
• Ethanol Little Changed as Corn Gains, Oil and Gasoline Decline
• Bovespa Index Falls to Lowest Since July as Commodities Decline
• Yen, Franc Rise on Safety; Euro Reaches 17-Month High Versus Dollar on ECB
• Massey Says Seven Families Agree to $3 Million Settlements
• Crude, Gasoline, Heating Oil Slip for Third Day: Oil Products
• U.S. Stocks Slump as Commodity Shares Drop Amid Economic Data
• Citigroup Is Said to Hire Former UBS Americas Investment Banking Chief Cox
• MetLife Profit Rises 20% to $1.01 Billion on International
• Ralcorp Rejects $4.9 Billion ConAgra Offer, Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan
• Proofpoint, E-Mail Security Software Maker, Is Said to Be Considering IPO
• Slam-Dunk Champ Blake Griffin Unanimously Wins NBA Rookie of Year Award
• Chrysler Group Offers Rates on $3.5 Billion Loan to Repay U.S. for Bailout
• MEMC Solar Project Pipeline Doubles to 1,870 Megawatts in First Quarter
• Comcast Says NBC Broadcast Will Take Years to Turn Around
• Buffett Delights in Brazil-China as Marcopolo-Lonking: Real M&A
• Harvest Trucks, Stores Oil Output After Rainbow Pipe Outage
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for May 4
• Peru’s Stocks, Bonds, Currency Jump as Humala Falls in Presidential Poll
• Boingo Wireless Falls After $77.9 Million Initial Offering
• Gulf Coast Gasoline Gains as Mississippi Barge Traffic Slows
• Brazilian Stock Movers: Gerdau, Lupatech, Marisa, Odontoprev
• Nvidia’s $18 Weekly Put Options Are Stock’s Most-Active
• GE Said to Seek Bids for $3 Billion Rail-Car Leasing Unit
• Connecticut Raises Taxes a Record $2.6 Billion for Budget
• Mexican Stocks: America Movil, Penoles Shares Drop; Alfa Gains
• Silver Has Biggest Three-Day Decline Since 1983, Leading Commodities Lower
• Obama’s Approval Rose 11 Points in Poll After Bin Laden Raid
• CBS Shares Advance Most in Year on Doubling of Dividend, Earnings Growth
• UBS Agrees to Pay $160.2 Million in U.S. Municipal-Bond Bid-Rigging Probe
• Intel Develops ‘3-D’ Chipmaking Approach in Bid to Widen Lead Over Rivals
• Time Warner Profit Declines 9.9 Percent on Decline in Movie Revenue
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for May 4
• GM May Reduce Truck Output After Inventories Rose, Reuss Says
• Argentina’s Eskenazi Acquires 10% More of YPF From Repsol for $1.3 Billion
• Boise State Forfeits Football Scholarships for Tennis, Track Violations
• AOL Profit Declines 86% on Subscription Revenue as Display Ads Increase
• Capital Controls Help Limit Colombian Peso Gains, Cano Says
• Rising Corn Prices Threaten Meat Profits, Seaboard Says
• Color Nook Morphs Into $249 Bargain Tablet: Rich Jaroslovsky
• PepsiCo Boosts Annual Dividend After Posting Sales Gain
• U.S. Stocks, Commodities Drop on Economic Data
• Crude Oil Volatility Rises as Futures Fall to Two-Week Low
• Deutsche Bank Sued by City of Los Angeles for Evicting Low-Income Tenants
• Relatives of Two Air France Crash Victims Settle Texas Suit, Lawyer Says
• Brazil’s Dollar Inflows Plunged 88% in April on Foreign Loan Tax Increase
• Fesco, Novolipetsk, Polyus, Rosneft: Russian Equity Preview
• Canadian Large-Stock Growth Funds Perform Worst in 6 Years
• Argentina’s Eskenazi Buys Additional 10% Stake in YPF From Spain’s Repsol
• Madoff Trustee Allots $2.6 Billion for Ponzi Scheme Payouts
• Sina, Sohu.Com Extend Losses After Renren Jumps Following IPO
• Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Proven Right by Stanford-NASA Space Probe
• Crude Oil Falls in New York After U.S. Supplies Climb to a Six-Month High
• F1 Top Teams Plan Germany Meeting on Sport’s Future, Sky Says
• Chilean Stocks: Colbun, Corpbanca, Copec, Empresas La Polar
• Baseball to Seek Off-Field DUI Discipline Option in Labor Negotiations
• Sugar Falls to Seven-Month Low on Thai Output Gain; Coffee, Cocoa Decline
• U.S. Gulf Coast Premiums Strengthen as Brent-WTI Gap Widens
• Whitney Defends Her Prediction of ‘Hundreds of Billions’ in Muni Defaults
• IrisGuard Makes Inroads, from Mideast Banks to U.S. Prisons
• Silver Has Biggest Three-Day Drop Since 1983 on Margin Jump; Gold Declines
• MGM Resorts Rises as Quarterly Loss Narrows on Macau, Las Vegas
• TerreStar Networks Can Sell Assets at Auction, Bankruptcy Judge Rules
• U.S. House Republicans Advance Bill to Reshape Consumer Bureau
• Martinrea Wins Bid For German Auto Supplier Honsel, FTD Says
• Plains Rainbow Pipe May Be Shut Days or ‘Longer,’ ERCB Says
• Obama’s Tax Plan Likely to Focus on ‘Concepts,’ Camp Says
• Natural Gas Falls for Third Day in New York on Forecasts for Mild Weather
• Iridian Asset Mgmt Largest Holdings in 1st Quarter: 13F Alert
• Syria Adopts Banking Incentives Dismissed by Activists
• SEC Sues UBS Financial Services Over Securities
• Peru to ‘Shield’ $30 Billion in Pension Funds From Humala, Minister Says
• Germany’s SPD to Meet Nuclear Chiefs on May 10, Rheinische Says
• UBS Reaches Agreement With U.S. Justice Department
• Karla Black, George Shaw on Shortlist for U.K. Turner Art Prize
• Sony Responds to Questions From Congress on Its Data-Breach Attack
• Merck Serono to Pay $44.3 Million to Settle False-Claims Suit Over Rebif
• Glencore Chief Glasenberg Poised to Become Firm’s Biggest Owner After IPO
• U.S. Treasury to Auction $72 Billion in Long-Term Debt
• Rajaratnam Jury Starts Over With New Juror, Replays Wiretaps
• France Calls for More IAEA Civil Nuclear Facilities Monitoring
• Baucus Will Back Korea Trade Deal as U.S. Seeks Beef Talks
• Ralcorp Rejects $4.9 Billion Conagra Bid, Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan
• Glencore May Get $61 Billion Value in London, Hong Kong IPO
• Technology Contractors May Face Job Cuts at Some U.S. Agencies
• Merkel to Boost Offshore Wind Tariffs, Handelsblatt Reports
• ESPN Expands World Series of Poker Cover Amid Federal Internet Shutdown
• Carl Lewis Loses N.J. Supreme Court Bid to Stop Ballots Without His Name
• Texas Rangers Sign Cuba Defector Martin to $15.5 Million Outfield Contract
• Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook is ‘Quite Positive,’ World Bank Says
• Glencore CEO’s IPO Wealth May Beat Google, Blackstone Founders
• SEC Requests Comment on Increased Disclosure for Short Sellers
• Pac-10 Signs TV Deal With ESPN, Fox; May Be Biggest for Any College League
• China Drought May Curb Wheat Production in Hubei, Xinhua Reports
• NRC Hearings on New Reactor Licenses to Proceed, Jaczko Says
• LinkedIn Chooses NYSE Over Nasdaq, Following Renren and Pandora
• Qaddafi’s Forces Bombard Rebel Cities as Allies Prepare for Rome Meeting
• Chelsea Hires Company to Market Fernando Torres, Other Players in China
• Stan Kroenke Now Owns 46.1% of Arsenal Soccer Club After Exercising Option
• Wyoming Boosted to Highest Credit Rating by S&P to Join 11 States at AAA
• Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Compete to Manage Sovcomflot IPO
• Iberdrola Renovables First-Quarter Profit Increases 10% to $255 Million
• Basel Committee May Let Banks Use CoCos in Capital Surcharge
• Peru Freezes $1.2 Billion Bond Sale After Yields Jump on Humala Concern
• Bloomberg Job, Child-Aid Cuts in New York City Budget Face Hostile Council
• Roche’s Avastin Boosts Risks For Eye Patients, Analysis Finds
• Demonstrators in Somali Capital Celebrate Bin Laden’s Killing in U.S. Raid
• Deadly Tornado Outbreak in South May Be Worst in U.S. History, NOAA Says
• U.K. Tax to Increase Reliance on Fuel Imports, Executives Say
• Besson Denies Penly EPR Nuclear Reactor Project Is Scrapped
• Iceland Central Bankers Discussed Rate Increase, Minutes Show
• McLaren Offers $500,000 Racing Version of Ferrari Challenger
• IMG Dealmaker Forstmann Said to Be Undergoing Treatment for Brain Cancer
• HSBC Seeks Dismissal of Madoff Trustee Lawsuit, Cites $1 Billion in Losses
• Gasoline Declines on Lower U.S. Fuel Demand, Economic Reports
• ICE Strategy Focused on Getting NYSE Holders to Pressure Board on Takeover
• Gas Stockpiles Probably Rose Less Than Average on Nuclear Outage
• U.S. House Panel Passes Bill to Delay Dodd-Frank Swaps Rules
• Kazakhmys Output Falls 5.4% on Grades; Expects to Meet Goals
• Shell Boosts Output at Scotford, Alberta Oil-Sands Upgrader
• Gap Call Trades Jump on M&A Speculation Denied by H&M
• Argentine Refinery, Gas Workers Seek 36 Percent Salary Increase
• K1’s Kiener, Lloyds Sales, Focus DIY, Keydata Probe: European Bankruptcy
• Algerian Court Jails Former Sonatrach Chief for Embezzlement
• South Africa Champions African Moves to Profit From World’s ‘New Reality’
• Rosengren Says Fed Shouldn’t Raise Rates in Response to Higher Oil Prices
• China’s Investment Curbs Prompt U.S. Frustration, Locke Says
• Polish Stocks: CEDC, KGHM, Lotos, PKN, Sygnity, NG2 Shares Move
• Sub-Saharan African Stocks: New Mauritius Hotels, Sameer, UBA Are Active
• Kenya Receives Offers For 14% of 182-Day Treasury Bills; Yield Increases
• Mexico Closes Oil Export Port of Coatzacoalcos on Weather
• Russia Seeks U.S. ‘Legal Guarantees’ on Europe Missile Shield
• Vestas Loss Bigger Than Expected as European Demand Slows
• U.K. Police Release Five Men Arrested Near Nuclear Facility
• U.K. Stocks Decline From 10-Week High; BG Group, ARM Retreat
• Estonia to Sell UN Permits to Spain for 45 Million Euros
• Irish Deficit Widens 41% to 9.9 Billion Euros on Bank Costs
• South African Stocks Fall to Three-Week Low on Fewer U.S. Jobs
• Talisman Falls Most in Two Years on First-Quarter Hedging Loss
• European Stocks Tumble for Second Day; Holcim, Vestas Decline
• Stocks in South Africa Fall for Second Day, Led by BHP Billiton, AngloGold
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for May 4
• Automakers Reduce U.S. Incentives in April to Five-Year Low
• Spain’s Illegal Homes Overshadow Minister’s U.K. Sales Pitch
• Nuclear Fuel in Dry Casks Needs Better Security, Watchdog Says
• Turkish Stocks Fall First Day in Five on Bank Regulator Warning
• Colombia Stocks: Cementos Argos, Isagen Rise; Aval Falls
• Bayer’s Dekkers Looks for Stars to Align on Merger of Equals
• Goldman Sachs May Make ‘Near-Term’ Management Changes, UBS Says
• Canadian Natural Gas Falls on Forecast of Mild Weather in U.S.
• Argentine Stocks: Grupo Galicia, Petrobras and Tenaris Retreat
• Banco Popular Profit Falls 9 Percent on Loan Revenue Slump
• South African Rand Weakens for Third Day Against Euro on Rates Speculation
• Delhaize Net Misses Estimates on U.S. Store Costs, Payrolls
• Standard Chartered Pledges Cost Control as Competition Rises
• Bin Laden Killing Makes Obama Like ‘Mobster,’ Livingstone Says
• Massey Cited by U.S. for ‘Outrageous’ Mine Safety Violations
• Czech Stocks Gain as New World Resources Jumps Most in 4 Months
• Brisa First-Quarter Net Income Rises 42% to 25 Million Euros
• First Solar Down Most in Six Months After Reporting Lower Net, Loan Delay
• Korea Poultry-Broiler Imports May Rise This Year, USDA Unit Says
• Caesars Entertainment Unit Seeks to Amend, Extend Loans
• Russian Movers: Inter RAO UES, Polymetal, Polyus Gold, Rosneft
• U.K. Bonds Rise; Two-Year Yield Drops Below 1% on Bets BOE to Hold Rates
• Turkish Equity Movers: Batisoke, Denizbank, Is Finansal
• Mexico, Russia, Thailand Add $6 Billion of Gold to Reserves, IMF Data Show
• Mango, Spanish Retailer, Buys Ermou Street Store, RED Reports
• South Korean Lawmakers Clear Last Barrier to EU Trade Agreement
• Saudi Al-Qaeda Militant Surrenders to Authorities, SPA Reports
• Rajaratnam Jury Deliberations Restart With Alternate
• Ukraine May Record Trade Surplus in Three Years, Kopylov Says
• Grains Wilt in Dry Europe as England Posts Its Hottest April in 352 Years
• Iron Ore May Stay at Three-Week High as Demand Builds, SSY Says
• Polymetal Falls to Monthly Low as Silver Drops for 3rd Day
• Russian Inflation Grew for First Time in 3 Months on Fuel
• No Timetable for Deficit-Reduction Plan, Senate ‘Gang of Six’s’ Crapo Says
• U.S. Investigators Reviewing Material Seized From Bin Laden
• Lenzing Wins Renewal of EU Duty on Furfuraldehyde From China
• Dunkin’ Brands Files IPO for as Much as $400 Million
• F-1 Teams Need ‘Heavily’ Persuading on Takeover, McLaren’s Dennis Says
• Russia RTS Stock-Index Futures Gain 0.2% at Start of Trading
• German Two-Year Notes Drop on ECB Tightening Bets; Portuguese Bonds Rise
• Switzerland’s Franc Rises to Record Versus Dollar on Rate, Stock Outlook
• FirstRand Says Its Considering Sale of Bonds in Euros, Dollars or Pounds
• Pimco Bets on Weaker Euro, Stronger Won, Aussie, Singapore Dollar
• Norway’s FSA Says Imposing Financial Tax Is ‘Undesirable’
• Saudi Buyer May Bid for ConocoPhillips German Refinery, NDR Says
• EuroChem Hires Goldman for $1.3 Billion Russian Acquisition
• World Sugar Balance to Move Into Surplus, According to Sucden
• One Policeman Dead After Gun Attack on Erdogan Convoy, NTV Says
• RTL Doesn’t Fear Cable-Cutting as Consumers Seek Content on the Internet
• Air France Says Japan Traffic Has Declined 20% After Earthquake
• Manchester United to Raise Ticket Prices by One Pound a Seat Next Season
• U.S. ISM Services Index Fell to Eight-Month Low in April
• South Africa’s Latest Jobless Numbers ‘Not Helpful,’ Pravin Gordhan Says
• CSX to Buy Back $2 Billion in Shares, Split Stock 3-for-1
• Birmingham Soccer Team Owner Yeung Raises $6 Million in Sale of Shares
• Egypt Seeks $1 Billion in T-Bills Tomorrow Amid Rising Yield
• Syria Crude Output Little Changed in First Quarter, Gas Up 16%
• Slovakia Starts Tender for 335 Million-Euro Highway Project
• Obama’s Job Rating Jumps 11% in Poll After Bin Laden’s Killing in Pakistan
• Congolese Transport Minister Fired After Boat Accidents Kill 100 People
• Crude Oil Pares Decrease After U.S. Government Releases Inventory Report
• K1 Funds Weren’t Set Up to Operate as a Ponzi Scheme, Founder Kiener Says
• Reservoir Capital to Expand Balkan Projects With Bosnia, Croatia
• France Nearing Decision on 4 Billion-Euro Smart Meter Plan
• Ex-Rider Floyd Landis Sued Over Criticicm by Cycling Group, Executives
• Hamas, Fatah Conclude Agreement to End Four Years of Palestinian Division
• Azerbaijan Anti-Government Protester Jailed on Drug Charges
• Estonian Central Bank Governor Lipstok Nominates New Deputies
• Dana Gas Sukuk Rises Most in Two Weeks After Egypt Gas Find
• UBA Nigeria Rises Most in Month on Valuation, Renaissance Says
• Grassley Plans Bill to Tie Ethanol Tax Break to Oil, Group Says
• Mediaset Challenges EU Over $7.5 Million in Decoder Subsidies
• U.S. Repo Close: Current Three-Year Note at Lowest, Minus 0.2%
• CBS, Harris, Novellus, Oplink, ValueClick: U.S. Equity Movers
• Greek Finance Minister Says MPs Back Pay Claims Are ‘Insult’
• Android Leads With 35% Share on Smartphones, Canalys Says
• U.S. Stocks Extend Losses After ISM Service Industry Index Decreases
• Treasury 10-Year Notes Advance as ISM Index Drops to Lowest Since August
• Swiss Re May Report First-Quarter Loss After Japan Earthquake
• SEC’s Schapiro Says Agency to Start Hiring, Bolster Technology
• Iran Presidential Aide Detained for Backing Film About Mahdi
• Coffeyville Says Shuts Crude Pipe Doesn’t Affect Production
• BMW Reports Record Profit Per Car as 5-Series Sedan Beats Mercedes, Audi
• UN Renewables ‘Bible’ Says Clean Energy Can Outstrip Demand
• Turkey’s Universal Hospital Chain to Get $140 Million Investment
• Ethiopian Government Slashes Karuturi Global Land Concession by Two-Thirds
• Bulgaria to Meet EU Budget Deficit Target in 2011, Moody’s Says
• Subbarao Tweaks India’s Rate-Rise Playbook as Inflation Undermines Bonds
• India’s Bond Yields Rise to 31-Month High After Rate Increase
• Rochelle on Thornburg Lawsuit and Metropark Bankruptcy: BLAW
• Brazil Rate Futures Rise on Tombini Pledge to Increase Rates
• Zurich Financial May Say First-Quarter Net Fell on Japan Claims
• Innkeepers, Caribe, Inverness, Cordia, Vitro: Bankruptcy
• Galtere Targets $1 Billion in Brazil Rice, Australia Beef Assets
• EU Carbon Emissions Permits Plan May ‘Kill Off’ Polish Companies
• Canadian Dollar Erases Gain, Trading at 95.28 Cents Against U.S. Currency
• Botswana to Impose ‘No Work, No Pay’ Rule on Striking Employees From May 1
• African Development Bank to Sell ‘Diaspora’ Bonds to Nigerians, Rwandans
• UBS Said to Seek Former JPMorgan Banker Rosen to Head U.S. Credit Trading
• SBH Bank and FED Bank CDs Issued:India Money Market
• U.S. Treasury Department Schedule for Wednesday, May 4
• FEDB Bank and Andhra Bank CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Government Bonds Extend Drop After Bond Auction, S&P Outlook on Rate Rises
• Magnitogorsk Net Hurt by Fortescue Value Using Russian Standards
• Sund Finance and Mannu Finance CP's Issued:India
• Tombini Says Brazil to Raise Rates as Long as Needed to Meet Target in ’12
• Youth Sports Can Help Inspire Peace, Jordan’s Prince Feisal Says
• Syria’s Electricity Exports Grew 70% in 2010, Ministry Says
• South African Yellow-Corn Exports Climb to 14-Year High on Grain Surplus
• Worldwide Semiconductor Sales for March (Text)
• Talisman Energy, Yamana Gold: Canadian Equity Preview
• Portugal Bailout Will Include 12 Billion Euros for Banks
• ADP Estimates U.S. Companies Added 179,000 Jobs in April
• BAT Kenya Plans to Begin Exports to Southern Sudan This Year
• Safaricom of Kenya Erases Earlier Losses on Plans to Tackle Porting System
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• KKR’s First-Quarter Profit Rises 3% as Value of Leveraged Buyouts Gain
• Estonia Central Bank Nominees to Be Presented Friday, BNS Says
• Rand Merchant Bank’s Coal Exchange-Traded Notes Will List on JSE Tomorrow
• Slovenia Failure to Fix Pensions to Top $447 Million, STA Says
• PetroMekong Seeks to Buy Gasoil, Gasoline Cargoes for Next Week
• Crude Oil Halts Two-Day Decline in London Before U.S. Employment Report
• Syrian Bloodshed Has No Libya-Style Armed Solution for Europe
• Meda Rises in Stockholm After Quarterly Profit Beats Consensus
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Markets
• U.S. Stock Futures Retreat as Takeover Optimism Offset by Employment Data
• Canadian Dollar Advances as U.S. Stock-Index Futures Erase Their Decline
• Billionaire Firtash Purchased Nadra Bank for $439 Million
• Impala Platinum Gets a 14% Wage Demand From South Africa’s NUM Labor Union
• EU Considers Renewed Passport Checks Amid African Refugee Wave
• Ryanair Passenger Traffic in April Increases 10% to 6.8 Million
• North Sea DUC Crude Shipments Unchanged at 7 Cargoes in June
• Hamas, Fatah Conclude Cairo Accord Ending Four Years of Political Division
• Norway’s REC Reports $20 Million First Quarter Net Loss; Misses Estimate
• Spanish Minister Says Fewer Than 700,000 Homes Are Unsold
• Citrovita, Citrosuco Win EU Approval for Orange-Juice Deal
• E.ON Emissions Trader Tobias Munk Leaves Dusseldorf Energy Unit
• U.S. Nuclear Output Rises as 3 Reactors in the East Boost Power
• Ukraine Weather Is ‘Favorable’ for 2011 Grains, Center Says
• Tanzania’s Social Fund Sees 11.8% Expansion on Contributions
• Yemen in Danger of Collapse If Pact Not Signed, Eryani Says
• Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom Shareholders Approve Dividend Payout
• Nordic Hydropower Reserves Gain in Week They Typically Drop
• Greece Should Shun Government Debt Restructuring, Premier’s Adviser Says
• Treasury Yields Rise From 6-Week Low Before Service Sector Data
• Vietnam Monthly Inflation Set to ’Cool,’ Minister Ninh Says
• Hungary Needs More Measures to Meet Budget Target, Moody’s Says
• Pakistan Stocks Fall Most in Ten Weeks on U.S. Aid, Risk Concern
• Deutsche Bank, Goldman, UBS, Glaxo, BP, Mylan in Court News
• Rwanda Plans to Start Sinking Geothermal Wells, Has 700 MWs
• South African Apartheid System Spawned Serial Killers, Rapists, Vavi Says
• U.S. Commodities Day Ahead: Copper Declines to Seven-Week Low
• China Will Step Up Investments in Serbia, Foreign Ministers Say
• Employers in U.S. Announced 4.8% Fewer Job Cuts in April, Challenger Says
• Equidity Aims to Find Investors for Lesser-Known Silicon Valley Startups
• New Mauritius Hotels Drops to Seven-Month Low on Morocco Project
• Gulf Stocks: Abu Dhabi Commercial, Jazeera Airways of Kuwait
• Allianz Posts Drop in First-Quarter Net Income, Confirms Full-Year Target
• Techint Wants to Buy Argentina’s Ternium Stake, La Nacion Says
• Branson Prioritizes Alliance as Virgin Atlantic Mulls Future
• StarHub’s First-Quarter Income Rises 62% to S$69.1 Million
• Marchionne Wins Italian Worker Concessions to Build Maserati Luxury Sedan
• India Equity Movers: Ashok Leyland, Jet Air, Oil & Natural Gas
• Mercedes Benz Cars April Sales Rise on Asia, Russia Growth
• Swisscom Posts 19% Jump in Quarterly Profit on Year-Earlier FastWeb Costs
• First Solar Falls After Quarterly Profit Falls 33%
• Wema Bank of Nigeria Rises Most in Month on Return to Profit
• Middle East Crudes Decline on Concerns of Falling China Demand
• Disney, DirecTV, Royal Orchid, Sony: Intellectual Property
• Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.1% to 0.12%, ICAP Says
• Foreign Investors Sell Net 12.5 Billion Rupees of Indian Stocks
• Alstom Halves Dividend After Profit Falls on U.S., Europe Slump
• Clarkson Plc Says Hires Capital Markets, Energy Banking Team
• Medvedev Targets Russia’s ‘Legal Nihilism’ With New Policy
• Kenya Shilling Weakens as Importers Seek Dollars for Payments
• Silver, Gold Futures Dropping as Soros Reported to Have Sold
• CGGVeritas Sees Seismic Picking Up After Quarterly Loss
• Asian Stocks Drop as Materials Prices Fall, Earnings Disappoint
• Latin American Mining Stocks Downgraded at Goldman
• BANK OF TAIPEI April Sales Fall 20.45% (Table) : 5863 TT
• Access Bank of Nigeria Ends its Suspension of Ivory Coast Operations
• Philippine Bonds Decline Ahead of Expected Interest-Rate Rise
• European Stocks Decline; Benchmark Stoxx 600 Index Falls 0.4 Percent
• No Republican Breaks 20 Percent in White House Field, Poll Shows
• Star Defence Soars Most in 3 Months on India Government Order
• U.S. Role in Pakistan and Afghanistan Is Coming Under Fire in Congress
• Kingdom Zephyr Expands in Nigeria as Carlyle, Vital Raise African Funds
• Treasury Yield Reaches Six-Week Low; Budget Cuts Threaten Economic Growth
• Siemens Raises Full-Year Profit Forecast to $11.1 Billion on Higher Sales
• Sands China Declines Most in a Month as Las Vegas Parent Misses Estimates
• Hungarian Growth Threatened by Weak Labor Market, Moody’s Says
• Thailand Stocks: PTT Exploration, Thai-German Ceramic, Thoresen
• Syria to Spur Growth With Bank Incentives That Activists Say Come Too Late
• U.K. Gilts Extend Drop After Bond Auction, S&P Outlook on Rate Increases
• Manchester City Wants 50 Million Pounds for Carlos Tevez: Soccer Roundup
• India’s Sensex Completes Longest Losing Streak in Nine Years
• Pound Slides to 1-Year Low Versus Euro as Rate-Rise Bets Drop on Reports
• Martifer’s Prio Foods Invests $138 Million in Romanian Facility
• ConAgra Foods Offers to Acquire Ralcorp Holdings for $4.9 Billion in Cash
• First Reserve Raises $1.2 Billion for First Infrastructure Fund
• CEZ Plans to Invest $694 Million Into Power Grid This Year
• South Africa Wheat-Crop Forecast May Be Unchanged, Survey Shows
• Aquarius Gains Most in Nine Months in London on Northam Assets Acquisition
• Mapfre Shares Advance as Profit Climbs More Than Estimated
• Slovak Residential Property Prices Dropped in First Quarter
• European Services, Manufacturing Growth Accelerated in April
• Thai Bonds Decline on Accelerating Inflation, Election Concerns
• Krung Thai Hires Two Banks for $100 Million Three-Year Loan
• Defiance’s Subramanian Sees Opportunity in Indian Warplane Deal
• Singapore Stocks: Genting, Keppel Corp., Neptune Orient Lines
• CHINA METAL PROD December Sales Rise 71.84% (Table) : 1532 TT
• Oil Refiners Seek $329 Million in Tax Compensation, Russia Says
• Rwandan Rebel Leaders Start Trial in Germany for Alleged Congo War Crimes
• Korean Won Declines on Derivatives Probe as Most Asian Currencies Steady
• CPC Buys June Naphtha at Premium of $7 to $10 a Ton, ICIS Says
• THAILIN SEMICON April Sales Fall 9.78% (Table) : 5466 TT
• P-TWO INDUSTRIES April Sales Fall 31.20% (Table) : 6158 TT
• HWANG CHANG CONT March Sales Fall 16.44% (Table) : 2543 TT
• EDF Halts Heysham, Hartlepool Reactors in England
• Brazil’s Coffee Growers Speed Harvest on High Prices, Cepea Says
• Perodua May Accelerate Malaysia Plant Plan on Japan Quake
• GENESYS LOGIC IN April Sales Fall 5.08% (Table) : 6104 TT
• Portugal Leads Decline in European Credit Risk on Bailout Deal
• Iranian Court May Delay Trial of Three Americans, Lawyer Says
• German Court Says Preventive Detention Rule Unconstitutional
• Indonesia Stocks: Bumi Resources, Indofood Sukses, Ricky Putra
• TY-OHM ELEC WORK April Sales Fall 13.40% (Table) : 3161 TT
• European Coal Derivatives Fall 0.4% For First Drop in Four Days
• Malaysian Stocks: Atis, Fitters, Ingenuity, Ramunia Holdings
• Rwandatel to Offer Fixed-Line and Internet After Losing Its Mobile License
• Premier Foods, Mitsubishi Deal Needs U.K. Review, EU Says
• 3i May Attract Takeover Bids After Shares Decline, Oriel Says
• SPORTON INTERNAT April Sales Rise 1.03% (Table) : 6146 TT
• Applied Materials May Buy Varian for $5 Billion, WSJ Says
• Uganda’s Law Society Petitions High Court About Purported Police Injustice
• Sundaram’s Rajesh Says India Rates Increases to Hurt Growth
• Europe Retail Sales Decline Most in Almost a Year on Oil
• Google Invests in African Internet Expansion for Future Revenue
• Dreyfus Cash Management Funds Daily Values as of May 3, 2011.
• Bin Laden’s Death Could Weaken al-Shabaab in Somalia, Walta Center Reports
• ZENG HSING INDUS April Sales Fall 23.32% (Table) : 1558 TT
• South Africa Domestic Vehicle Sales Increase 8%, Slowest Pace in 16 Months
• TYNTEK CORP April Sales Rise 2.08% (Table) : 2426 TT
• Ringgit Trades Near One-Week Low on Stock Slide, Rate Outlook
• Konecranes Still Seeks Acquisitions After Failed Demag Bid
• Hong Kong Stocks Fall Most in Seven Weeks on China Interest-Rate Concern
• Yuan Near 17-Year High as Central Bank Vows to Curb Inflation
• VISUAL PHOTONICS April Sales Rise 41.06% (Table) : 2455 TT
• U.K. Mortgage Approvals Little Changed in March, BOE Says
• European Stocks Pare Losses; Benchmark Stoxx 600 Index Is Little Changed
• Orlen Plans April, May Halt in 2012 to Work on Mazeikiu Cracker
• Slovenia’s Renault Unit Will Lower Production on Parts Shortage
• SONIX TECH April Sales Rise 1.93% (Table) : 5471 TT
• Rightmove Website Hits Increase 15% on Advertisers
• Indonesia Rupiah Unchanged as Economic Growth Expected to Ease
• Standard Bank Boosted CEO Maree’s Pay by 9.7% in 2010
• SILICON INT SYS April Sales Fall 33.60% (Table) : 2363 TT
• Sony, Apple Must Fix User Trust in Privacy, EU Official Says
• SERVICE & QUALIT April Sales Fall 14.34% (Table) : 3219 TT
• Hungarian Banks’ Liquidity Buffer Weakening, Kiraly Says
• Taiwan Dollar Strengthens After Economic Growth Trumps Forecast
• ADB Says 3 Billion People in Asia May Reach Europe-Level Incomes by 2050
• Moody’s Sees Slovak, Czech Outlook ‘Reasonably Positive’
• LEOFOO DEVELOPME March Sales Rise 46.96% (Table) : 2705 TT
• Croatia’s INA Suspends Detained CEO on His Request for 35 Days
• Jazeera Airways Surges Most in More Than a Week After Earnings
• LEOFOO DEVELOPME December Sales Rise 136.70% (Table) : 2705 TT
• Optimum Coal Buys Two Prospecting Rights in South Africa For $63.4 Million
• Africa-Israel Seeks Loan to Repay Unit’s Debt, Calcalist Says
• Finland Moves Closer to Backing Portugal Bailout as True Finns Sidelined
• Rwanda Says its Gets a $30 Million World Bank Grant for Skills Development
• Branson Jettisons ‘Playful’ Virgin Blue Name to Win Qantas Business Flyers
• Saudi Carrier NAS Air Posts First-Quarter Loss on Oil, Middle East Unrest
• Assad Says Army to End Operations in Daraa ‘Soon,’ Watan Says
• Aquarius Rallies Most in 2 Months on Mineral Rights Acquisition
• Vestas Wins 49-Megawatt China Order, Signs Frame Agreement With Customer
• German Next-Year Power Little Changed After Yesterday’s Drop
• Legal & General Quarterly Sales Climbed 12% on Demand for Savings Products
• MACHVISION INC April Sales Rise 68.00% (Table) : 3563 TT
• AB InBev Volume Misses Estimates as U.S. Consumption Drops
• Bin Laden Aides Said to Have Bought Orders of Pepsi, Coke
• China’s Stocks Fall Most in Two Months on ‘Critical’ Inflation
• Australian Carbon Price Proposal Opposed by 60% of Voters, Newspoll Says
• Invest-Bank’s Czerniak Says Slowing Polish PMI Isn’t ‘Alarming’
• Iliad Can Meet Mobile Coverage Target, Regulator Tells Les Echos
• Renaissance Capital Hires Noluthando Ndebele as Sub-Sahara Research Head
• FARGLORY FTZ December Sales Fall 140,966.67% (Table) : 5607 TT
• Mauritius Government Concerned by Inflation Rise, Matinal Says
• Melco Crown Said to Hire Five Banks for $1.2 Billion Facility
• Portuguese 10-Year Bonds Open Higher; Yield Falls 11 Basis Points to 9.46%
• Blacks Leisure Narrows Full-Year Loss; Julia Reynolds Named CEO
• German Two-Year Notes Decline; Yield Advances Three Basis Points to 1.91%
• Property Slowdown Sees Lend Lease Default Swaps Surge: Australia Credit
• Holcim Profit Falls Short of Estimates as Materials Prices Climb
• BBVA May Post Lower First-Quarter Profit, Hurt by Spain Decline
• Polish Manufacturing Slows in April, Weakening Arguments for Higher Rates
• Lagarde Says Euro’s Strength Brings Benefits by Cutting Raw-Material Costs
• MATERIALS ANALYS April Sales Rise 22.12% (Table) : 3587 TT
• Extract Rises on Plan For Namibia Mine Even Amid Government Policy Changes
• POWERCHIP TECHNO April Sales Fall 46.44% (Table) : 5346 TT
• Grainger to Manage Insolvent Residential Properties for Lloyds
• EDP Renovavaveis Net Income Jumps 16% on Higher Electricity Production
• BNP Paribas’s Quarterly Profit Advances 15% on French, U.S. Retail Banking
• Yields at 2009 High as RBI Tells Banks to Ready for Defaults: India Credit
• European Stocks Extend Decline as Holcim, Statoil Profits Miss Estimates
• PRINCETON TECHNO April Sales Fall 14.28% (Table) : 6129 TT
• FREE POWER ENERG April Sales Rise 49.35% (Table) : 4413 TT
• Oil Declines in Longest Losing Streak Since March on Stockpiles, U.S. Jobs
• Spanish Registered Unemployment Falls for First Time This Year
• Statoil Adjusted Profit Falls 1.7% as Oil Production Drops
• Iran Wants Syria to Look Into Missing Journalist Case, Asr Says
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Counter Bearish Gross on U.S. Debt
• China’s ‘Hawkish’ Central Bank May Tighten Even as Economic Growth Cools
• Red Electrica First-Quarter Net Climbs 24% on Investment Boost
• Westpac First-Half Profit Rises 7% as Bad Debts Decline, Lending Increases
• South Africa’s Gordhan Says Rand Cushions Oil, Food Prices, Reuters Says
• Gecina First-Quarter Proft Falls 7.6% as Interest-Rate Payments Increased
• SK Telecom 1st-Quarter Net Rises 57% Led by Smartphone, Apple IPhone Sales
• Extract, Macarthur, Rio Tinto, Westpac, Woodside: Australian, N.Z. Stocks
• Karsan Otomotiv, Vestel Elektronik: Turkey Equity Market Preview
• African Tea Prices Unchanged at $2.61 Per Kilogram at Auction, Broker Says
• German Government Bonds Advance Before Services and Manufacturing Report
• BBA Aviation, Next, Sage Group: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
• Germany Daybook: Siemens Says Profit to Rise More Than Expected
• Public Power’s Plans to Buy BCI Wind Projects at Standstill, Euro2day Says
• Merafe Posts First-Quarter Attributable Ferrochrome Output of 82,000 Tons
• KENLY PRECISION April Sales Rise 8.61% (Table) : 5383 TT
• Chimei Innolux Falls to 2-Year Low After Posting Wider-Than-Estimated Loss
• Czech Steelmakers’ 2010 Revenue Rises 17%, Hospodarske Reports
• Nice Systems, Protalix, Ratio Oil, Teva: Israeli Equity Preview
• MAKALOT INDUSTRI April Sales Rise 23.54% (Table) : 1477 TT
• Chi-X Wins Government Approval to Open Rival to Australian Stock Exchange
• EU Sees ‘Serious Flaws’ in Italy’s Border Controls, Bild Reports
• New Zealand’s Dollar Falls as Report Shows Net Migration; Aussie Weakens
• Novacaixagalicia May Boost Cash Bailout Request, Cinco Dias Says
• Spain to Cut 4 Billion Euros on Salaries, Expansion Says
• Komercni May Say Quarterly Profit Rises on Lower Risk Provisions
• Chinalco Is Unlikely to Make Alcoa Bid, Former Official Says
• Konecranes Is Looking for Acquisition Targets, Handelsblatt Says
• EU, Japan More Favorable to Economic Integration, Tribune Says
• Swiss Daybook: Holcim Misses Estimates; Swisscom, Panalpina
• Kuzbass Fuel’s Coal Sales Decline 12% on Quarter; Prices Advance
• U.K. House Prices Fell for the First Time in Three Months, Nationwide Says
• Wetherspoon Comparable Sales Rise 2.4% in 13 Weeks to April 24
• EU Nuclear Security Tests Laxer Than Thought, Sueddeutsche Says
• Taiwan Stocks: Catcher Tech, Chimei Innolux, Quanta Computer
• E.ON Planning Wind Power Storage Test Facility, FT Deutschland Reports
• Glencore to Raise $10 Billion From Initial Public Offering
• Fresenius Medical Raises Profit Forecast on Medicare Changes
• SPAIN DAYBOOK: Popular Earnings; Zapatero Answers Questions
• India Rupee Drops as Stocks Slide on Concern Growth Will Slow
• Turkish Prosecutor to Question 1980 Coup Leader Evren, Star Says
• Heat Take 2-0 Lead Over Celtics, Thunder Tie NBA Playoff Against Grizzlies
• Telecom Italia Arm, Telefonica in Technology Accord, Cinco Says
• Kenyan Fishermen Killed by Ethiopian Militia, Daily Nation Says
• Woodside Project Natural Gas Must Come Onshore, East Timor Says
• Yen, Dollar Strengthen on China Tightening Concern; N.Z. Dollar Declines
• South Africa’s Textile Plants Plan Two-Day Shutdown, Business Report Says
• YUNGSHIN CONST April Sales Rise 75.47% (Table) : 5508 TT
• POLAND DAYBOOK: April PMI, Cabinet on Budget, Exchange Auction
• Linde First-Quarter Profit Rises 43% on Health-Care Gas Demand
• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Deal Better in Long-Term, Le Figaro Says
• Henkel Says First-Quarter Net Increased to 285 Million Euros
• TAIWAN ALPHA ELE April Sales Fall 19.42% (Table) : 6204 TT
• SUN-SEA CONSTRUC April Sales Rise 102.17% (Table) : 5516 TT
• ADCB, Drake & Scull, Jazeera Airways, NBAD: Gulf Equity Preview
• Lightning Push Capitals to Brink of NHL Playoff Elimination, Canucks Win
• Galaxy Gold to Raise Funding Before Then Listing on JSE, Business Day Says
• OCI Drops 4.4% in Seoul Trading After First Solar’s Quarterly Profit Falls
• Victoria State Set to Boost Borrowings 13% to A$6.6 Billion in Fiscal 2012
• Rice Exports From Vietnam Reach 2.5 Million Tons, Group Says
• Turkey to Cut Tax on Leasing for Machinery, Haberturk Reports
• Biosyntec, Trafigura Bidding for Poland’s Lotos, Puls Biznesu Reports
• Poland to Rule on $300 Million Refund for TPSA, Parkiet Says
• Kenya Power & Lighting Raises Charges on Weak Shilling, Higher Fuel Costs
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover Recorded 05/04/2011
• Ahmadinejad to Travel to Turkey for UN Conference, Press TV Says
• AirAsia X Wants to Increase Japan Flights, Routes, CEO Says
• Heilongjiang May Plant More Corn, Fewer Soybeans, Cnyouzhi Says
• KKR, TPG Plan to Establish Businesses in Brazil, FT Reports
• Gaglardi’s Offer for Stars Tops $250 Million, Dallas Morning News Reports
• Kuwait Finance House Plans to Enter Omani Market, Al-Qabas Says
• Honda Says Automobile Exports From Thailand Increased 5% in First Quarter
• Clippers’ Blake Griffin to Be Named NBA Rookie of Year Today, AP Reports
• China’s ZTE Corp Said to Hire Lender for Arranging $500 Million in Loans
• RusHydro May Swap Shares With Inter RAO Ahead of Sale, Kommersant Reports
• KenGen Signs $88.6 Million Loan With KfW for Geothermal Plant, Daily Says
• VTB First Quarter Deposits Grow 30 Percent, Vedomosti Says
• FRANCE DAYBOOK: BNP Paribas, Alstom, M6, CGGVeritas
• CANADA DAYBOOK: Sun Life, Talisman Energy to Report Earnings
• Harvard’s Ignatieff Returns to Classroom as Canada Liberals Seek Recovery
• Service Industries in U.S. Probably Accelerated in April
• Bayer, BP, Cofinimmo, Hermes, Parmalat, Telenet: Europe Equity Preview
• UBS Unit Loses $10.6 Million Sex Harassment Verdict in Missouri
• Alstom, BNP Paribas, NRJ Group, Recyclex: French Stock Preview
• FTC’s Leibowitz Says Rising Generic Drug Deals Hurt Consumers
• Bin Laden Killed After Wife Shot While Rushing Commando, U.S. Account Says
• No Carter Echo for Obama as Gasoline Cost May Ease for Campaign
• Cute Frog Battling Chytridiomycosis Poses for a Sierra Close-Up
• Bin Laden Death Means Most Sept. 11 Terror Conspirators Killed or Captured
• Star Serves Frito Pie, $89 Steak, Murdered Veggies: Ryan Sutton
• U.S. SEC, Justice Department Probe Goldman Findings After Senate Referral
• Jets Coach Ryan Tells El-Erian ‘New Normal’ in Football Is Labor Confusion
• Popular, Mapfre, Red Electica, Jeronimo: Iberia Equity Preview
• AB InBev, Delhaize, ProLogis, Telenet: Benelux Equity Preview
• Bin Laden Unarmed When Shot, Wife Wounded: U.S.
• Bank Stocks Shunned by Money Managers Over Derivatives
• Wells Fargo CEO Says ‘Crazy’ Capital Rules Can Damage Economy
• U.S. May Pursue More Lenders After Suing Deutsche Bank on Loans
• Republicans Brace for Political ‘Abuse’ Over Budget Cuts Beyond Medicare
• Exor, Parmalat, Enel Green, Intesa: Italian Equity Preview
• GM’s First Quarter May Be Most Profitable in 11 Years on Sales
• Canada Seen Rebounding as Currency of Choice in Harper Mandate