Archive

May 12, 2011

• Asian Stocks, Oil Decline on China Tightening
• Dollar Rises Before Data on Sentiment, Homes; Won Drops as BOK Holds Rates
• San Jose Sharks Win 3-2 to Complete Lineup for NHL Conference Finals
• South Korea Agrees $92 Million Biomass Power Projects Deal With Indonesia
• Wilmar International Profit Declines Less Than Forecast; Share Price Gains
• New Zealand Carbon Credits Remain Little Changed on Low Trading Volumes
• Twin Bombings Kill 73 People in Pakistan’s Charsadda, Injuring 68 Others
• Sundance Seeking China Partner for $4.7 Billion African Iron Ore Project
• China’s Regulator Working to Introduce Mini-QFII
• Yahoo Says Alibaba Transferred Alipay Without Telling Board, Shareholders
• HSBC Sells Biggest Non-Guaranteed Samurai Bonds Since Lehman’s Collapse
• Bikini Waxing Painful to Tombini Fight Against Brazil Inflation
• BM&FBovespa First-Quarter Profit Falls to 270.8 Million Reais
• BRAZIL DAYBOOK: Petrobras Earnings, Central Bank Event in Rio
• U.S. Policy Responsible for Crisis, Bank of China’s Xiao Writes
• Bulls Beat Hawks 93-73 to Reach First NBA Conference Finals Since 1998
• Man Charged After Peak Hour Protest Closes Sydney Harbor Bridge
• Bank Central, Barito Pacific, Delta: Indonesia Equity Preview
• Manila Water, San Miguel: Philippine Stocks Preview
• Thailand’s Baht Strengthens on Inflows, Fitch Raising Outlook
• Nissan Shares Rise After Fourth-Quarter Profit Beats Post-Quake Estimates
• Telmex Says Agency Has 24 Hours for TV Ruling After Notice
• Warner Music Group Shareholder Sues Over Sale to Blavatnik’s Access
• Barito Pacific of Indonesia May Expand Into Renewable Energy, Bisnis Says
• Nikon Gains Most in 2 Years in Tokyo After Forecasting Profit Increase
• Facebook Must Face Privacy Suit Over Giving Advertisers Users’ Information
• Nobel Laureate Yunus Resigns at Grameen
• Aussie, N.Z. Dollars Weaken as Stock, Commodity Losses Reduce Yield Demand
• Bayou Group Estate Wins $13 Million From Hedge Funds for Fraud Investors
• South Korea Central Bank Unexpectedly Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged at 3%
• Energy Development of Philippines Says First-Quarter Profit Fell 61.4%
• Synagogue Attack by ’Islamic Extremists’ Stopped
• Premier Foods to Present Growth Strategy to Investors, FT Says
• Radiation ‘Bias’ Threatens Fukushima Manufacturers Recovery
• Apple to Open Second Retail Store in Glendale, California
• France’s Lagarde Says Aid to Greece to Come From Loans, Not Bailout Fund
• AIA, Alibaba.com, Foxconn, ICBC: Hong Kong Stocks Preview
• Nvidia Predicts Sales That Exceed Estimates on PC Demand
• Asia-Pacific Bond Risk Falls, Credit-Default Swap Prices Show
• Dollar Rises Versus Euro on speculation U.S. Consumer Confidence Improved
• Japanese Stocks Rise as Commodity Price Gain Boosts Confidence
• Iceland Ousted Premier Says Rights ‘Violated’ After Indictment
• Bernanke Says U.S. Growth Aided by Mexico’s ‘Tremendous’ Gains
• Lloyds Chairman Bischoff Not Planning to Step Down, FT Reports
• Libyan Rebels Advance as They Seek Further Help From U.S., U.K.
• Peru Raises Rate to Two-Year High of 4.25% in Effort to Slow Inflation
• Watney Holds One-Shot Lead at Players Event as Woods Withdraws With Injury
• GREATER CHINA DAYBOOK: Bank Reserve Ratio, Hong Kong GDP; Hang Seng Index
• Netherlands ‘Worried’ on ECB Balance, de Jager Says, FT Reports
• ConAgra Poised to Swallow Ralcorp Poison Pill as Price Rises 27%: Real M&A
• Japanese, Australian Stock Futures Increase After Commodity Prices Rebound
• India Seeks Uranium Mines Overseas
• Gold May Advance Next Week on Increased Physical Purchases, Survey Shows
• Copper May Decline Next Week on Chinese Tightening Concern, Survey Shows
• Amnesty Sees ‘Critical Battle’ Over Mobile, Internet Control
• U.K. House Prices Increase on Buyer Surge to Beat Government Tax Increase
• Slovak Media Follow Rupert Murdoch by Pushing Broad Online Paywall Plan
• Tilda Swinton Clashes With Her Nightmare Son in ‘Kevin’: Review
• ‘Brrrr,’ ‘Aah’ to Resound at London Vocal Jamboree: Interview
• Luxury-Home Rents in London Outstrip Prices as Vacancies Shrink
• Rajaratnam Gives Reasons to Be Glad Trial Ended: Susan Antilla
• Sugar Prices May Drop Next Week on Lower Demand From China, Survey Shows
• Taiwan Would Close Nuclear Plants After Major Quake, CNA Reports
• South Korea, India, Thailand, Japan, China: Asia Bond and Currency Preview
• Bernanke Says Debit ‘Swipe’ Rules May Cause Bank Failures
• Fisker Automotive Raises Further $100 Million Ahead of Retail Sales Start
• Emerging-Market Stocks Fall, Erasing 2011 Gain, on Global Growth Concern
• Jiau Loses Bid to Have Recorded Calls Suppressed at Insider-Trading Trial
• Air France Black Boxes Probably Intact, BEA Says
• Chile Raises Rate More Than Expected to 5% as Growth Boosts Inflation Risk
• DryShips First-Quarter Profit Rises on Higher Rig Revenue
• Ghosn Says Suppliers Recovering From Quake
• Chevron Court Order Barring Amazon Judgment Is Partly Lifted
• SunPower Earnings Trail Behind Estimates After Panel Sales Slow in Europe
• SINGAPORE DAYBOOK: Singapore Airlines, Olam, Neptune Orient
• Guinea to Complete Review of Mining Laws in June, Minister Says
• English Soccer’s F.A. Hires Lawyer to Investigate FIFA Corruption Claims
• Hedge Funds Failing to Flee London as Swiss Reveal Wonder-Bust
• Merkel’s FDP Allies Bash Euro Bailouts
• Petrominerales to List Shares in Colombia Within One Month
• Brazil Real Gains as Risk Appetite Grows on Oil, U.S. Stocks
• Russia RTS Index Futures Gain as Commodities Rise, Dollar Drops
• Louisiana Prepares to Tackle Mississippi River Flooding on Two Waterways
• Silver Lake Hires Credit Suisse’s Bryce Lee for New Clean-Technology Fund
• Cape Wind Application for U.S. Energy Department Loan Guarantee ‘On Hold’
• Ford’s Mulally Plans to Stay Amid Work to Restore Dividend
• Facebook Hires Burson-Marsteller to Pitch Story on Google
• Mitsubishi UFJ Enters U.S. Muni-Bond Market With Focus on Western States
• Wastewater Information From Pennsylvania Gas Wells Sought by EPA
• Bin Laden Raid Hinged on CIA-Pentagon Ties, Defense Department’s Lynn Says
• Palisade Capital Management Holdings in 1st Quarter: 13F Alert
• MALAYSIA DAYBOOK: Petronas Project, Maybank Profit, Ranhill Bond
• Dollar Falls Versus Euro as Commodities, Stocks Rebound; N.Z. Dollar Gains
• Treasuries Extend Declines After Auction of $16 Billion of 30-Year Bonds
• Stalled Worker Wages Show Need for Stimulus, Blanchflower Says: Tom Keene
• China’s Sina Declines to One-Month Low After Ratings Cuts
• Bernanke Says Using Debt Limit as ‘Bargaining Chip’ Could Threaten Economy
• Canadian Dollar Fluctuates as Crude Oil Increases After Erasing Its Losses
• Standard Pacific Capital Holdings in 1st Quarter: 13F Alert
• Teekay First-Quarter Loss Widens as Tanker Rates Decline
• Syrian Christians Say ‘Arab Spring’ Changes Could Hasten Extinction
• Iamgold Halts Operations at Burkina Faso’s Essekane Mine on Labor Dispute
• NewPage Bonds Drop as Earnings Decline From Fourth Quarter
• Eric Sprott Says Banks Still Have Too Much Leverage on Balance Sheets
• Turkey’s $12 Billion Bosporus Bypass Speeds Oil Tankers: Freight Markets
• Baltic Economic Growth Set to Slow as Export Capacity, Demand Are Capped
• Treasury Said to Decide Against GM Stock Sale Before August as Shares Fall
• Chile Stocks: Besalco, La Polar, Lan, Parque Arauco, Soquimich
• IMF’s No. 2 Official Lipsky Will Leave Post on August 31
• Corn Premiums Rise as Floods Disrupt Barges; Soybean Bids Steady
• Janus Brings Back Hedge-Fund Manager Kozlowski to Lead Alternatives Push
• Clearwire Drops 16% on Intel Plan to Sell 10 Million Shares
• SAP’s Plattner Courts Coca-Cola With Data-Analysis Software
• Goldman Viewed Unfavorably by 54% as Poll Shows No Damage
• Colombian Stocks: Bancolombia, Cementos Argos, Enka, Isagen
• Cisco’s Chambers Ditches Sales Target Amid Strategy Change
• Ecuadorians Blocked From Enforcing Chevron Judgment Get Expedited Appeal
• Ethanol Gains on Speculation Price Drop Will Spur Consumption
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for May 12
• Braskem Advances as Profit Surges on ‘Higher’ Oil Prices
• Brazilian Stock Movers: Braskem, BR Malls, CPFL and Petrobras
• Goldman Sachs Drops as Rochdale’s Bove Says Sell on Pressure to Prosecute
• LyondellBasell Sees Ethylene Shortage Developing by 2015
• Telmex Gains as Ruling Is Seen Hastening Resolution of Slim Pay-TV Dispute
• Obama Cybersecurity Plan Urges More Disclosure of Breaches
• Retail Sales Growth in U.S. Slows as Gas Costs Depress Consumer Confidence
• Hartford Financial Said to Seek Buyers for Fund Business
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for May 12
• Crude Oil Volatility Declines as Futures Increase Less Than 1%
• Cree, First Solar, Goldman Sachs, Symantec: U.S. Equity Movers
• Advisers With Most Assets Use Options More, OIC Survey Finds
• Oil, Agriculture ETFs Lure Biggest Investments Amid Sell-Off
• Corn, Soybeans Rebound as Dollar Drop May Boost Demand; Wheat Futures Fall
• Stocks, Commodities Advance as Dollar Index Retreats; Treasuries Decline
• AIG Plane-Unit Debt May Get Moody’s Upgrade on Capital Cushion
• Proposal Limiting Consumer-Product Safety Agency Advances
• Cyber Security May Gain in Pentagon’s Budget Review, Lynn Says
• Chilean Students March for Education Reform, Clash With Police
• Netflix Offers Streaming Movies on Google Android Phones
• Apocalypse Angst Adds to Terrorist Threat as Rich Russians Acquire Bunkers
• U.S. Seeks to Block VeriFone’s Purchase of Hypercom on Antitrust Concern
• Fesco, Mechel, Norilsk Nickel, Novatek: Russian Equity Preview
• Crude Oil Advances as U.S. Equities Increase, Dollar Declines Against Euro
• Midwest, Gulf Gasoline Gain on River Slowdown, Refinery Issues
• Climate Treaty Is Possible, UN Envoy Says, Rejecting U.S. View
• Obama Adviser to Meet With Members of Libyan Rebel Group
• House Passes Bill to Add U.S. Areas for Offshore Drilling
• Citigroup’s Pandit Says China’s Capital Constraints Are Fueling Inflation
• Obama Seeking Two-Year Extension of Term for FBI Director Robert Mueller
• Peru Stocks: Alicorp, Ferreyros, La Cima, Relapasa, Volcan
• Ambac Financial Reports $939.9 Million Loss for March
• HMV Mulls Bids for Bookstore Chain, Waterstone’s, Sky Reports
• Chrysler Idles Pickup, SUV Factories in June to Conserve Parts From Japan
• Natural Gas Futures Climb in New York on Smaller-Than-Forecast Supply Gain
• Saskatchewan Planting 5% Complete, Behind Normal, Ministry Says
• Continental to Invest in Emerging Markets Tire Business, HB Says
• Repatriation Tax Holiday Google Backs Raises Cost Concerns
• Hochtief Says Manfred Wennemer Appointed as New Chairman
• David M Knott Holdings in 1st Quarter: 13F Alert
• GE Plans Texas Locomotive Plant Near Buffett’s Burlington
• U.S. Seeks to Block VeriFone’s Purchase of Hypercom on Competition Concern
• Test for Low-Level Brain Activity May Aid in Next Schiavo Case
• Research Panel Says Climate Change Doubts Slow Urgent Action
• Volkswagen Plans to Invest in Offshore Wind Parks, FTD Says
• Canadian Fertilizer Stocks Decline as Wheat Drops; BCE Advances
• U.K.’s Burt Condemns Yemen Violence, Warns of Risk to GCC Deal
• First Quadrant LP Holdings in 1st Quarter: 13F Alert
• Gold Futures Rebound With Crude Oil as Dollar Weakens; Silver Prices Fall
• Congo Rape Problem More Widespread Than Thought, Study Shows
• Selig Says No Timetable for Dodgers’ Decision, ‘Comfortable’ With Review
• Copper Rebounds From Five-Month Low on Bets China’s Use to Gain
• Exxon Leads Defense of Oil Tax Breaks Democrats Want to Repeal
• NFL Players Seek Cash for Owners’ TV Deal During Lockout
• U.S. Apartment Rents and Occupancies Seen Set to Rise
• Ghana’s 2010-11 Cocoa Harvest to Reach Record High of 930,000 Metric Tons
• U.S. Energy Department Natural Gas Update for May 11 (Text)
• BCE Climbs After Raising 2011 Sales, Profit Forecasts on CTV Acquisition
• U.S. Default Swaps Decline as Crude Oil, Stocks Reverse Losses
• Argentina’s Next Wheat Crop to Rise by 5.3%, Exchange Says
• China’s Cotton Imports May Drop 10% on Higher Prices, Yuan Says
• Christie Says Obama Too Focused on ‘Political Strategy’ and Needs to Lead
• Rotterdam Port CEO Seeks Funds to Fend Off Hamburg Threat: Freight Markets
• Iran ‘Increasingly Cut Off’ From Financial Markets: UN Report
• Rouen Weekly Grain Loadings Increase 6.9% on Barley Shipments
• French Fertilizer Sales Through February Climb on Potassium
• Euro Slightly Below Fair Value Versus Greenback After Tumble, Sinche Says
• U.S. Gulf Crude Premiums Widen as Brent-WTI Gap Strengthens
• Caterpillar, Zimmer Executives Seek Overseas Tax Changes
• Currency Hedge Fund Manager Taylor Says ‘Risk Rally’ Is Coming to an End
• Serena Williams Out of French Open Tennis Tournament With Lung Blood Clot
• Estavis AG Buys Divisions From Colonia Real Estate AG
• Vivendi Profit Rises on Brazil, Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’
• LaHood Says Amtrak Is ‘Very, Very Safe’ Amid Terror Threat
• Blinder Calls for ‘Somewhat More’ Fiscal Stimulus to Boost Jobs
• Southern California Home Prices Declined 1.8% in April Amid Tight Credit
• Brazil Center-South Sugar Output Drops 69% in Start of Harvest
• Fed Nominee Diamond Advances to Full Senate Where Victory Is ‘Doubtful’
• Sudan, Peacekeepers to Appeal for $1.43 Billion for Darfur Water Projects
• Bank of America Names Brevan Howard’s Gallo Co-Head of Equities Business
• Sienna Miller’s News of the World Lawsuit Abusive, Newspaper’s Lawyer Says
• Ghana 2010-11 Cocoa Harvest to Reach Record High at 930,000 Metric Tons
• Yankees Let Fans Take Batting Practice at Stadium; Bring $1,500 and a Bat
• Environmental Lobby Groups Ask U.S. Airlines to Drop EU Carbon Lawsuit
• Mortgage-Bond Investors to Send Letters on H&R Block Loans
• Gamesa Says Net Income Rose to $18 Million on Foreign Sales
• West African Oil Rally Threatens Indian Growth: Energy Markets
• Greece Had 13 Currency Swaps With Goldman, Eurostat Says
• UniCredit Quarterly Profit Rises 56% as Investment-Banking Income Climbs
• Kenya’s Northeast Receiving Poor Rains, Famine Network Says
• How Boredom Can Drive Innovation
• Colombian Stocks: Avianca Taca, Argos, Textiles Fabricato
• KBC Profit Beats Estimates on Reversal of Loan Impairments
• Rand Tumbles to Lowest in Seven Weeks to Dollar on Metal Prices, China
• Vallourec Profit Rises 35%; Sees Gains During Second Quarter
• Chinese Jade Scepter Fetches $2.1 Million, 10 Times Estimate
• Mabey Bridge Opens U.K. Factory for Wind Turbine Towers in Wales
• BT Fourth-Quarter Operating Profit Increases on More Broadband Customers
• Sub-Sahara Africa Stocks: Centum of Kenya, Mauritius’ Gamma Civic, Innodis
• Bulgaria Opens Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel Depot at Kozloduy Plant
• Morgan Stanley Fails to Buy Forties Crude; Vitol Sells Urals
• Fonciere des Regions Revenue Falls After Making Disposals
• European Stocks Drop as Commodities Extend Rout; BHP Retreats
• Cadbury Nigeria Says Won’t Pay Dividend, Building Up Its Cash Reserves
• Mozambique Harvests 112,000 Tons of Cashew Nuts in 2010-11, AIM reports
• Zweig Dimenna Partners Holdings in 1st Quarter: 13F Alert
• Icade Revenue Rises 16% on Commercial Property Investments
• TF1 First-Quarter Profit Rises, Beating Analyst Estimates
• Blatter Didn’t Consult on $28 Million Donation, FIFA Election Rival Says
• Worst Spain Quake Since 1954 Kills Eight as Europe Debates Nuclear Safety
• No Jail for Economic Crisis May Mean No Crime: Roger Lowenstein
• Lambert Declines to Join BOE’s Financial Policy Committee
• Enel First-Quarter Profit Rises on Lower Taxes, Financing Costs
• Health Law to Save $120 Billion in Initial Years
• Shuaa’s Schoeib to Take Over as Investment Banking Head
• Snakes, Alligators Endanger Shuttered Casinos in Poorest State
• Serbia Offers Tax Breaks, Subsidies to Employers Who Add Jobs
• China’s Plan to Build Record Cheap Housing May Squeeze Developers’ Profit
• Athens Protest Targets Migrants After Killing, NET Radio Says
• Repsol First-Quarter Profit Beats Expectations on Oil Prices
• U.K. Stocks Drop, Led by Raw-Material Companies; 3i Rallies
• Scene Last Night: John Paulson, Russell Carson, Sloth, Greed
• CIB of Egypt First-Quarter Profit Drops 42% on Slowdown
• FCC’s Baker, Heading to Comcast, Doesn’t Vote at Agency Meeting
• Polish Stocks: Bogdanka, KGHM, Lotos, Orlen, PBG, PGNiG, TVN
• Jim Rogers Says Dollar Is Long-Term ‘Total Disaster’
• Europe Jet Fuel Stockpiles Plunge to Two-Year Low, PJK Says
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for May 12
• Argentine Stocks: Grupo Galicia, Mirgor and Petrobras Argentina
• Czech Coalition Tensions Flare as Cabinet Aims to Cut Budget
• Three Cargoes Dropped From Forties Crude Program for June
• World Sugar Production Will Leave ‘Thin Buffer,’ Natixis Says
• Crude Oil Futures Extends Gains in New York, Rise 0.8% to $98.95 a Barrel
• Enel First-Quarter Net Profit Rises 14% on Lower Financing Costs, Taxation
• Dollar Index Declines as Commodities, Stocks Reverse Course, Erase Losses
• Pound Weakens, Gilts Surge as U.K. Industrial Production Misses Estimates
• European Stocks Drop as Commodities Extend Rout; BHP Retreats
• U.S. Stocks, Commodities Recover
• Ghana Currency Strengthens as Investors Bought Cedi Securities
• British Airways, Flight Attendants Complete Talks to Resolve Labor Dispute
• Yemen Security Forces Fire on Protesters; Three Reported Dead in Al-Baidah
• Bernanke Says Fed to Propose Financial Rules in Coming Months
• Australian Dollar Tumbles After Nation’s Employers Unexpectedly Cut Jobs
• Treasuries Fluctuate Before a $16 Billion 30-Year U.S. Securities Auction
• U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Cisco’s Forecast as Commodities Sink
• Burned-Out Cairo Church Shows Egypt Risks Sectarian Schism
• Louisiana, Mississippi Governors Urge People to Ready for River Flood
• Ukraine’s MMK Slows Production After Accident, Metinvest Says
• Japan Reactor-Core Damage Is Worse Than Expected, Delaying Tepco’s Cleanup
• German Bonds Rise as European Production Slips, Limiting Rate Speculation
• Kenya Customs Faces Cargo Clearance Delays, No Revenue Loss
• Yen Advances as Drop in Commodities Prompts Unwinding of Higher-Yield Bets
• Quintiles Pays Higher Interest Rate for Maturity Break: Corporate Finance
• Congo Starts $600 Million Rehabilitation of Railroad Network
• French Body Files Complaint in National Soccer Team Coach Dispute on Race
• Petrobras Lowers Gasoline Prices 6% as Brazil Seeks to Rein in Inflation
• Russian Stocks Fall to Five-Month Low as Commodities Decline
• Turkish Equity Movers: Aselsan, Dogan Yayin, Sekerbank, Tupras
• Russian Equity Movers: Rosneft, Lukoil, PIK Group, AvtoVAZ
• Demjanjuk Convicted of Helping Nazis to Murder Jews During the Holocaust
• Visteon Says Director Redmond Resigning Over Board Tactics
• Gold, Silver Decline as Dollar Gain Reduces Alternative Investment Demand
• European Property Firms Seek Immunity From Derivatives Crackdown
• First Solar Says Three U.S. Loan Guarantees Moving Forward
• Colombia’s Aval to List Shares on NYSE, Mexico, Chairman Says
• Analysts From Japan’s 24 Primary Dealers Comment on Shirakawa
• Leucadia Said to Join Centerbridge in Bid for Citigroup Consumer-Loan Unit
• Postal Service Uncertainty Hurting Paper Industry, Domtar Says
• Polymetal Falls to Seven-Month Low as Silver Extends Drop
• Senate Democrats Demand Conoco Apology for Calling Tax Rise ‘Un-American’
• Tiger Woods Withdraws From Players Championship After 6-Over for 9 Holes
• Uganda’s Museveni Inaugurated for Fourth Term as President Amid Protests
• Colombia April Coffee Output Falls 19% to 523,000 Bags
• Serbia Holds Europe’s Highest Interest Rate, Signals Easing
• Shelby Says Fed Nominee Diamond’s Chances ‘Not Good’ in Senate
• Chief Financial Officers Oppose One-Time Repatriation Holiday
• GM Support From Analysts Belies Post-IPO Drop: Chart of the Day
• Mexico’s Carstens Says End of Fed’s QE May Unsettle Markets
• London Olympic Cost Is 35 Million Pounds Lower Than Estimated in February
• EU Backs Emergency Travel Curbs as Denmark Puts Up Controls
• Hungary GDP Growth May Have Quickened to 4-Year High on Exports
• Brasil Ecodiesel Rejects Proposal for Merger Offer With Vanguarda
• African Union Peacekeepers in Somalia Start ‘Operation’ Against Insurgents
• Egypt Requests IMF Loan, Talks to Begin Soon, Atkinson Says
• U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall to Five-Month Low, Freddie Mac Says
• Benetton Says Increases in Cotton and Wool Costs to Hurt Profit
• Blackstone, BC Said to Weigh Bids in $2.8 Billion Com Hem Sale
• Natural-Gas Supply Probably Rose 72 Bcf, Bloomberg Users Say
• EON, RWE Lose Money on Energy Trading as Fuel, Electricity Prices Jump
• Angels’ Morales to Miss Season for Surgery to Ankle Injured in Celebration
• CaixaBank May Use Acquisitions to Grow in Spain, Nin Says
• BTA Bank Posts $6.7 Billion Full-Year Profit After 2009 Loss
• Plosser Says Federal Reserve Should Tighten in ‘Not-Too-Distant Future’
• Sasol Assured South African Government Its Domicile Will Remain in Country
• Liverpool Interim Coach Kenny Dalglish Signs Three-Year Contract With Club
• Commodities Decline for 2nd Day After China Raises Banking Reserve Ratios
• Polish Day-Ahead Power Rises as Exports, Outages Cut Supply
• Consumer Comfort in the U.S. Falls as Gasoline Prices Climb
• South African Reserve Bank Leaves its Benchmark Rate Unchanged at 5.5%
• PPC Union Confirms Strike on State Stake Sale Plan, ANA Reports
• Delta of Zimbabwe Operating Income Rises 76% as Sales Climb
• House Republican Group Wants to Cut Deficit in Half Next Year
• Opap Shareholders Approve 20 Percent Cut in Board Salaries
• Chile Peso Falls as Trade Prospects Deteriorate on Copper Slump
• Norway Increases Benchmark Interest Rate
• Zimbabwe Finance Ministry Suspends Afre, Rainbow Trade
• Woods in Last Place at Players Championship at 5 Over After Triple Bogey
• 30-Year Fixed Rate Falls to 4.63% From 4.71% Freddie Mac Says
• Guinness Nigeria’s Third-Quarter Net Income Rises
• Iceland Views Arctic Oil Rush With ‘Apprehension,’ Minister Says
• Zimbabwe Edible Oil Plants Close on Soy Shortage, News Reports
• Beijing Jan.- April Housing Sales Volume Drops 32%, Times Says
• Gasoline Pump Prices Hurting U.S. Consumer Comfort at Almost $4 a Gallon
• BCE First-Quarter Profit Declines 29% as Contract-Subscriber Growth Slows
• Obama Says Immigration Reform Is a ‘Moral Imperative’ for U.S.
• South African Central Bank Governor Marcus Comments on Rand
• Tractebel Receives Permits to Build Five Wind Farms in Brazil
• Qatar, Jordan Study Building Aqaba LNG Terminal, Al-Sharq Says
• South Africa’s Wine Grape Crop May Increase 1.4% This Season, VinPro Says
• Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Fell 44,000 Last Week
• Egyptian Stocks: Naeem Holding, Delta Sugar, Palm Hills
• Peru’s Keiko Fujimori Rises to Lead in Datum Poll, Peru.21 Says
• Morgan Crucible Seeks Removal From Lawsuit Over Graphite Cartel
• Tunisia Refers Legal Case Against Ben Ali to Military Court
• Sund Fin And L & T Fin and Coromandel CP's Issued:India
• South African Central Bank’s Marcus Comments on Rates Decision
• S&P 500 May Sink as Utilities Top Oil Stocks: Technical Analysis
• Celtic Manager Neil Lennon Struck by Fan in Scottish Premier League Match
• BP May Connect 15 More Fields to North Sea Forties Pipeline
• Hochtief Board Members Give Up as Spanish ACS Takes Charge
• BOM Bank and PNB Bank CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• South Africa Bonds Erase Gains After Marcus Says Inflation to Breach Range
• Natural Gas Declines for a Second Day on Nuclear Plants Starts
• Vijaya Bank and PNB Bank CDs Issued:India Money Market
• S. African Central Bank’s Marcus Comments on Rand Exchange Rate
• Natural Gas Power Plant Deliveries Set to Fall on Nuclear Starts
• South African Central Bank’s Marcus Comments on Inflation
• Brazil March Sales Rise at Fastest Pace Since January
• Russia Plants 90% of Target Areas of Sugar Beet, Union Says
• BNP Paribas Assets Seized in Italy Derivatives Probe
• Wholesale Prices in U.S. Rise More-Than-Forecast 0.8%, Led by Food, Energy
• Rasmala, Palestine Investment Start $15 Million Fund
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Markets
• Galliano Anti-Semitism Trial Set for June 22 as Designer Sues His Lawyer
• Hellenic Petroleum Productivity Must Be Raised, Minister Says
• SEC Investigates State Street Over Foreign-Exchange Pricing After Lawsuits
• Olam Considers New Zealand Dairy Unit Exit, Boosts Profit
• Krka Net Rises as Drugmaker Mulls Listing Outside Slovenia
• EU Should Outline Plan for Importing Carbon Offsets, CDC Says
• U.S. Stock Futures Maintain Loss After Wholesale Prices, Retail Sales Data
• Ukraine’s Nemiroff Plans to Raise Sales Volumes 14%
• Centum of Kenya Rises Most in 5 Weeks After Carbacid Sale
• Tata Consultancy Says Social Networks, Outsourcing Drive 20% Sales Growth
• Serbia 2011 Eurobond Issue to be Worth Up to $1 Billion, Debt Chief Says
• Treasury Remain Higher After Report Shows U.S. Retail Sales Rose in April
• U.S. April Producer Price Index Report (Text)
• Canada March New House Price Index Report (Text)
• Allstate Says Catastrophes Cost $1.4 Billion in April, Led by Tornadoes
• U.S. Drought Monitor Report for the Week Ending May 10 (Text)
• JPMorgan Can Have $112 Million CDO Case Heard in U.K. Court
• Rajaratnam, S&P, Google, GM, JPMorgan, Madoff in Court News
• U.S. Treasury Department Schedule for Thursday, May 12
• Sovereign Investment Shift May Fuel U.S. Rates, IMF Book Says
• Sugar Output in Brazil’s Center South May Climb 8%, ISO Says
• U.S. Money Funds, Rajaratnam Trial, German Banks: Compliance
• EDF Revenue Falls After U.K. Grid Sale, Drop in Trading
• Jordan Purchases 150,000 Tons of Barley, Wheat, Ministry Says
• Death Toll Mounts in Syria as Army Deploys Tanks Against Demonstrators
• Philips Health-Care Markets Returning to Pre-Crisis Levels
• Croatia’s INA Seeks Offshore Oil Exploration in Syria, SANA Says
• Banks Should End One-Size-Fits-All Bonus Curbs, Basel Says
• Newcastle Captain Kevin Nolan to Undergo Surgery on Right Ankle
• Investec Said to Provide Gold One With $210 Million Facility
• Crude Oil Trades Near a Three-Day Low in New York; Volatility Increases
• Voestalpine Says Second Rail Unit Raided in German Probe
• Obama Says He’s Identified Business Regulations for Elimination
• Treasury Five-Year Yields Touch Lowest Since March on China Growth Outlook
• China Orders Banks to Set Aside More Funds as Reserves to Cool Inflation
• Spyker’s Saab Auto, Hawtai Drop Chinese Carmaking Plan as Clearance Fails
• Innodis of Mauritius Advances to Record as Profit Increases
• South Africa Stocks Fall for Second Day, Led by Anglo American, BHP, Sasol
• Qatar Shares Drop on Speculation MSCI-Upgrade Gains Are Overdone
• TOP Oil Market News: Crude Falls; IEA Cuts 2011 Demand Forecast
• Campari Pretax Profit Rises 17% on Spirits Sales in Europe
• Deutsche’s Ma Says China More Cautious on Raising Interest Rates
• Vale, Guinea in Talks on Halted Railway Project, Company Says
• Acciona Says First Quarter Net Income Increases 53% to $79.5 Million
• TUI Operating Loss Widens on North Africa Travel Disruption
• Indian Rupee Declines Most in 11 Weeks as Importers Buy Dollars
• Trade Bank of Iraq Says Net Rose 18% Last Year
• Capital Economics Says China Interbank Lending Rates Will Rise
• Europe’s Donor Nations Demand Tougher Greece Measures to Justify Extra Aid
• Boston Scientific, Lime Wire, Google: Intellectual Property
• South Africa Offers Inflation-Linked Bonds Amid Signs That CPI Quickening
• Foreign Investors Buy Net 2.44 Billion Rupees of Indian Stocks
• Kenya Shilling Heads for Weakest in 17 Years; Central Bank Boosts Reserves
• Coffee Wilt Eases in Uganda on Control Measures, Authority Says
• Madagascar’s Cabinet Fires Central Bank Director-General, Midi Reports
• Latvian Central Bank Keeps Main Rate for Seventh Meeting
• Tamweel Surges on Speculation Drop in Past Two Days Overdone
• Glencore Is Said to Get Double Orders Sought in $11 Billion Stock Offering
• Hungary May Use Tax Break for Banks to Boost Loans, Help Debtors
• Morgan Stanley’s Wang Says Inflation Remains China’s Priority
• Ivory Coast Hospitals ‘Overwhelmed’ With Injured
• Gulf Stocks: Arabtec, Aref Energy, Deyaar and Gulf Navigation
• Kuwait Bourse to Suspend 89 Stocks If Results Aren’t Submitted
• Asia Bourse M&A Unlikely Amid Fragmented Regulation, Bocker Says
• BASF, K+S Said to Consider Selling Nitrogen Units Together
• Sri Lanka Defers Monetary Policy Announcement to May 16
• CO2-Trade Risks Remain After Serial Numbers Are Hidden, BlueNext Says
• BCE Raises Full Year Profit Estimate as First-Quarter Net Top Estimates
• Lafarge Sells $760 Million in U.S. Assets in Rating Drive
• Novartis Unit Profiting From J&J Recalls, CFO Tells Reuters
• Kenana Sugar’s Production From Domestic Cane Increases by 29%
• Repsol to Start Boiler at Bilbao Refinery in Spain, to Halt CG1
• HSBC’s Qu Says China Monetary Tightening Policy Will Continue
• Asia Stocks Drop Most Since March as Commodities Tumble on China Inflation
• Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.10% to 0.12%, ICAP Says
• Middle East Oil Rises as Processing Profits Boost Refiner Demand
• SingTel Fourth-Quarter Profit Falls 2.3%, Plans Special Dividend Payment
• UniCredit, Raiffeisen May Vie to Broker E.ON Bulgaria Stake Sale
• Zon Multimedia Is Confident of Earnings Growth This Year, da Costa Says
• Ghana Will Probably Leave Key Rate at 13.5 Percent After Inflation Slowed
• UBS’s Gruebel Sees Growth Hurt by Shrinking Banks, Austerity
• China Raises Reserve Requirement by 0.5 Percentage Point Effective May 18
• Putin Cabinet Endorses Deputy Premier’s Son for Farm Bank Post
• Serbia Prepares Subsidized Loans for Farmers, Novosti Reports
• European Coal Prices Fall as Energy Investors Sell to Cut Risk
• Takeda Is Said to Be in Talks to Buy Nycomed for More Than $14.2 Billion
• France Agrees to Cancel $143 Million of Togo’s Debt After Economic Reforms
• Vietnam Detains Protesters Following Ethnic Hmong Border Unrest
• Liverpool Owner Henry to Make Dalglish Permanent Coach: Roundup
• Dixons Sees Unchanged 2011 Profit as Second-Half Sales Fall
• Palm Hills Shares Retreat to Record Low in Cairo on Deutsche Bank Forecast
• ZTE Says Huawei ‘Roadblocks’ Won’t Keep It Out of Europe
• U.S. Treasury Five-Year Notes Advance, 30-Year Bonds Climb Before Auction
• Wal-Mart’s South African Entry May Hurt Factories, Shoprite Says
• EU Debates Atomic Safety Checks as Spanish Quake Kills Eight
• Indian Stocks Drop Most in Week; Lenders, Metal Shares Decline
• Teva Rises to Three-Week High on Outlook for Second-Half of Year
• Thailand Stocks: Cal-Comp Electronics, Esso Thailand, Sri Trang
• Australia to Consider Bill to Extend Grants, Tax Cuts for Biofuels to 2021
• Rising Sugar Surplus Set to Hurt Prices, Kingsman Forecasts
• Schaeuble Tightens Screws on Greece With Demand to Increase Cost Savings
• Rupiah Declines as Europe’s Debt Crisis Discourages Risk Taking
• Ackermann Says Restructuring Greek Sovereign Debt Would be ‘Huge Mistake’
• Cocoa to Remain Supported as Ivory Coast Exports May Take Time
• QIB Will Increase Staff as Much as 7% by Year-End, CEO Says
• India Factory Output Rises Most in Five Months, Adding to Inflation Fears
• Dana Awaits $300 Million Kurdish, Egypt Payments as Profit Beats Estimates
• IMF’s Borges Sees No Need for Restructuring of Greek Debt
• Gamma of Mauritius Declines to More Than 3-Week Low After Loss
• Treasury 30-Year Yields Near 6-Month Low; Equities Fall on China Concern
• IMF Says ECB Has Time to Keep Interest Rate Rise Gradual
• CIB of Egypt Heads for Biggest Three-Week Drop on Profit Decline
• Euro-Region Industrial Output Unexpectedly Declines, Led by Capital Goods
• South African Mine Output Fell by 1.4% in March From Year Ago, Agency Says
• South African Gold Production Increased by 0.6% in March From Year Earlier
• Jubilant Foodworks 4th-Quarter Net Misses Estimates; Stock Drops
• Shinsei Bank Appoints Ex-Goldman’s Makihara as Outside Director
• Indonesia Stock Movers: Aneka, Gajah Tunggal, Mitra Adiperkasa
• SBI May Raise Up to $4 Billion Offshore Debt, Reuters Reports
• BMW Targets Brazil, Russia, Turkey, S. Korea for Two Factories
• Malaysia Stocks: Malaysia Building, MISC, Petra, Wah Seong Corp
• Chubu to Start Shutting Hamaoka Reactors Tomorrow After Directive From Kan
• Allianz Profit Falls 45% on Japan, Lower Investment Gains
• M-I-C-K-E-Y Mouse Teaches Chinese English, Love for Disney
• Taiwan’s Dollar Reverses Advance Amid Suspected Intervention
• Huaneng Renewables Said to Revive $1 Billion Hong Kong Initial Share Sale
• U.K. Manufacturing Output Rose Less Than Forecast in March
• Dreyfus Cash Management Funds Daily Values as of May 11, 2011.
• ‘Sustainable’ Oil Price Is $70 to $80, Saudi OPEC Governor Says
• Investors Favor Cash Over Commodities in Dim Poll Outlook
• Strathclyde Police Hold Two Men Over Parcel Bombs Sent to Celtic’s Lennon
• Czech Stocks Decline Most in Week, Led by Erste, Komercni Banka
• Ringgit Slumps as Commodity, Stock Losses Curb Demand for Risk
• Asian Currencies Drop as Renewed European Debt Concern Deters Risk Taking
• Hungarian Stocks Drop to Three-Week Low as Commodities Decline
• EON Trading Expands Griffith’s Role, Promotes Laege to Board
• Demjanjuk Nazi Guard Case Verdict Might Be Based on ‘New Legal Territory’
• Euro Erases Adavances, Leaving Currency Little Changed Versus Dollar, Yen
• Audi Workforce to Grow 17% by 2020 as Carmaker Expands Abroad
• British Pound Extends Losses After U.K. Factory Output Misses Estimates
• Crude Oil Declines After IEA Cuts 2011 Global Demand Forecast on Prices
• Finland Agrees to Back Portugal’s Bailout Provided Repayment Is Guaranteed
• U.S. Coal Gains Popularity With European Buyers, Steelguru Says
• Portuguese Austerity Program May Lead to Greek-Like Recession: Euro Credit
• Philippine Peso Falls on Concern Greece May Restructure Debt
• Namibia to Buy $49 Million-Fishing Research Ship From Finland
• Sparx Swings to Loss of 3.7 Billion Yen as Fee Income Drops
• ECB Will Monitor Upside Inflation Risks ‘Very Closely’
• Taiwan Dollar Reverses Gain, Ends 0.5 Percent Lower
• Georgia Expects 5 Million Tourists a Year by 2015, Kobalia Says
• Ukraine MHP 1st-Quarter Profit Falls 45% on Foreign Exchange
• RWE’s First-Quarter Profit Drops to $2.29 Billion Amid Nuclear Moratorium
• African Bank Investments Says First-Half Earnings Per Share Advanced 18%
• Credit Agricole Egypt, CIB, Delta, GB Auto: Egypt Equity Preview
• Natixis First-Quarter Profit Declines 12% on Own Debt Charge
• OPEC Compliance With Production Quotas Rose to 69% in April
• EU Carbon Allowances Decline to Six-Day Low as German Power for 2012 Falls
• Bahrain Will Hold Elections Sept. 24 for Vacant Parliament Seats
• Singapore’s Fuel Stockpiles Fall 3.8% From Last Week
• Singapore’s Fuel-Oil Stockpiles Fall to Lowest in Five Weeks
• Audi to Create 10,000 Jobs Globally Through 2020, Stadler Says
• ECB Monthly Bulletin Editorial for May (Text)
• Yemen Oil Output to Remain Curtailed ‘for Some Time,’ IEA Says
• China’s Stocks Fall to Three-Month Low After Commodities Slump
• Keller Drops Most in a Year After Saying Profit to Fall in 2011
• Goldman Said to Plan Yuan Fund, Morgan Stanley Set to Follow
• OCI of South Korea to Raise $700 Million in Sale of Depositary Receipts
• Euro Advances From Three-Week Low on Growth Outlook; Norway's Krone Gains
• Ozyegin to Focus on Commercial Banking With Fibabanka
• Petratherm Seeks to Tap $5.3 Million Australian Clean Energy Funding
• Ukraine May Try to Take Back Rusal’s Zalk Unit, Izvestia Reports
• Only Benetton Expected to Bid for Nitex Facilities, Blic Says
• Indonesia Refrains From Raising Key Interest Rate as Economic Growth Eases
• Shufersal Falls Most in 2 Months as First-Quarter Profit Drops
• Egyptian Developers May Show Weak Results After Unrest, Deutsche Bank Says
• Tanzania Reviewing Tax Exemptions for Miners, Guardian Reports
• Uganda Has 12 Billion Cubic Feet of Gas Reserves, Ministry Says
• JPMorgan Names Butcher as Asia-Pacific Chief Administrator
• Korea’s Kospi Falls Most Since March, Won Slides as Global Stocks Decline
• Polish Central Bank Strengthens Inflation-Fighter Image With Rate Increase
• Pink Floyd’s Waters Turns ‘Wall’ Into Pompous Spectacle: Review
• Taliban Attacks Dim U.S. Hopes Bin Laden’s Killing May Hasten Afghan Exit
• SEB’s Kjerkreit Joins ABG Sundal Collier, Finansavisen Reports
• European Stocks Decline as Commodities Extend Rout; BHP Billiton Retreats
• Japanese Stocks Retreat First Time in Three Days as Oil, Metals Tumble
• Deyaar Rises to Week High After Return to First-Quarter Profit
• Sorgenia Sells 19 Megawatts of Solar Plants to Terra Firm for $139 Million
• U.A.E. Lures Investors Roiled by Unrest With Switzerland Appeal
• Slovak Inflation Rate Rose to 28-Month High in April at 3.7%
• Spanish Underlying Inflation Rate Accelerated Most in Two Years in April
• Aegon Profit Declines 12% on Lower Investment Gains, Longevity Provisions
• Greenland Bets on Oil, Metals, Cows as Ticket to Independence
• Kenya’s Third-Quarter Fiscal Deficit $1.3 Billion, or 4 Percent of GDP
• Kenya Arrests 3 Congolese Suspects in Gold Theft, Nation Says
• Eastern Platinum May Take Action Against Employees on Unlawful Strike
• Old Mutual Says First-Quarter Sales Declined 4% on Drop in Italian Revenue
• LBBW May Sell Real-Estate Unit to Private Investor, FTD Says
• China’s Power-Capacity Utilization at Record Low, Mirae Says
• HSBC, Rolls-Royce, IAG, Shell: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
• Amlin Says Sales Rose 14 Percent on Commercial Division
• Aref Energy Falls Most Since March After First-Quarter Loss
• Aksa Enerji, Bank Asya, Dogan Yayin: Turkey Market Preview
• Bosnian Crisis May Lead to Rising Ethnic Tensions, Inzko Says
• Japan Current-Account Surplus Shrinks a More-Than-Expected 34% After Quake
• Corporate Bond Risk Rises in Europe, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Asia Naphtha Swaps Fall; Profits From Gasoil Rise: Oil Products
• Hindustan Petroleum Sells Naphtha Cargoes to Cargill, PetroChina
• Spanish Banks Renegotiated $14 Billion of Loans, Expansion Says
• Woodside Petroleum Appoints Ex-ExxonMobil Executive Peter Coleman as CEO
• Japan Bonds Gain 2nd Day, Yields at Year Low, as Stocks, Commodities Drop
• Vietnam Stocks: Petrolimex Gas, Tay Ninh, An Phu Irradiation
• British Pound Climbs to Seven-Week High Versus Euro Before Industry Report
• Hungary Ruling Party Sees Decline in Support, Nepszabadsag Says
• Euro Erases Advance, Leaving Currency Little Changed Against Dollar, Yen
• SuperGroup Sales Growth Slows on Lack of Summer Stock in Stores
• SPAIN DAYBOOK: April Inflation Data; Repsol 1Q Earnings
• FDP’s Koch-Mehrin Resigns Over Plagiarism, Handelsblatt Says
• AT&T T-Mobile Breakup Fee May Cost $6 Billion, Handelsblatt Says
• Crude Oil Declines for a Second Day in New York, Dropping as Much as 0.4%
• Norway’s Giske Backs Private Investments for Oil Fund, DN Says
• China Inflation Spreading Beyond Food Shows Wen to Persist With Tightening
• Nuclear Fear Snags Loan Push by Fukushima Banks as Clients Flee Radiation
• Nobel Biocare Is Interested in Camlog, Handelszeitung Says
• India’s Rahul Gandhi Arrested at Protest Site
• Axis Bank Said to Hold Meetings With Bond Investors This Week
• MLP First-Quarter Profit More Than Doubles as Sales Rise
• Old Mutual Says Outlook For Remainder of 2011 ‘Continues to be Positive’
• Sumitomo Realty Net Income Drops on Higher Vacancy Rate
• Nissan Has Fourth-Quarter Profit $380 Million as Quake Disrupts Production
• Bertelsmann First-Quarter Net Income Jumps to 64 Million Euros
• Spain May Split Red Electrica as Utilities Lobbied, Cinco Says
• Solarworld Records Increase in First-Quarter Net Income to $17.8 Million
• Fidelity Says Yields May Stay Low, Conflicting With Pimco
• Vale to Invest $3 Billion in Plant, Televisao de Mocambique Says
• Copper, Lead, Zinc Drop on Expectation for More China Monetary Tightening
• Arabtec, Dana Gas, Deyaar, Drake & Scull: Gulf Equity Preview
• Merkel Presses Zapatero to Seal Labor Reform, Economista Says
• Goldman’s O’Neill Forecasts Big Rally in Chinese Stocks as Inflation Eases
• CLP Holdings Plans to Add 172 Megawatts of Wind Energy Capacity in 2011
• Total Increases Share of South Africa’s Jet-Fuel Market, Business Day Says
• Conergy of Germany Reports Wider First-Quarter Net Loss of $29.4 Million
• Weather May Delay Planting in China’s Corn Regions, Xn121 Says
• Iberdrola Mulls Takeovers as Defense Against ACS, Expansion Says
• RUSSIA DAYBOOK: Putin Meets People’s Front, Gazprom Neft Reports
• Singapore Stocks: Amtek, Noble Group, Olam, SingTel, Sembcorp
• Capitec Bank to Pilot Plan to Open Branches on Sundays, Business Day Says
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover Recorded 05/12/2011
• Peru May Raise Key Interest Rate to Two-Year High in Bid to Slow Inflation
• Philippine Stocks: Lopez, Philex, San Miguel, Universal Robina
• Drought in Hubei Province May Slow Rice Planting, Xinhua Reports
• Moscow Buys 23% of Luzhniki Stadium for $14 Mln, Vedomosti Says
• Heat Defeat Celtics to Clinch NBA Playoff Series, Thunder Lead Grizzlies
• Osama Bin Laden’s Journal Said to Outline Terror Plots, Political Games
• Pentagon’s Lynn Doesn’t Favor ‘Gordon Gekko’ View of Defense Spending
• India Bonds Gain on Speculation High Yields Will Boost Demand
• GDF Suez Wants to Double Number of Clients in Italy by 2015, Tribune Says
• Noble First-Quarter Net Gains 80% on Higher Prices
• Sina to Increase Spending to Attract Users, Promote Weibo Microblog Site
• Cap Deterring Reliance, PetroChina: Chart of the Day
• Bank Rossii’s Ignatiev May Leave Sberbank Board: Vedomosti Says
• Warburton Blocked From Top Job at Australia’s Ten Network Until Jan. 1
• Australian Employment Unexpectedly Falls Most Since 2009, Currency Weakens
• Australia Picks Former Paceman McDermott as Bowling Coach, Rehires Langer
• Landis+Gyr Said to Get TPG, Toshiba Bids in Sale That May Fetch $2 Billion
• FRANCE DAYBOOK: EDF, Natixis, Rexel, TF1, Vivendi, Vallourec
• CANADA DAYBOOK: Canadian Tire, BCE to Report Earnings
• Property Buyers Expand as Rebound Spreads From Denver to Dallas
• Rajaratnam Odds Seen as Slim for Overturning Conviction
• California Public Retirement Fund Reports Gain of 18.6%, Led by Stocks
• Microsoft Antitrust Agreement Spurred Innovation, U.S. Says
• Karunatilaka Pleads Guilty in Expert-Networking Insider Case
• Desperate Americans Buy Kidneys From Peru Poor in Fatal Trade
• Bin Laden’s Death Won’t End His Toll on American Taxpayers, Poll Shows
• Democrats Embrace U.S. Tax Increase Versus Medicare Cut in Debt Talks
• Cancer Sleuths Uncovering DNA Mysteries for Novartis, Glaxo
• Bill Bergesch, Former Executive for the Yankees and Mets, Dies at Age 89
• Astros May Be Sold to Jim Crane Group Next Week, Houston Chronicle Reports
• Lotus Starts Wave of New Sports Cars With Malibu-Rocking Evora
• Cannibals Meet ‘South Pacific’ in True Tale of Crash Survival
• Aegon, EVS Broadcast, KBC, Wereldhave: Benelux Equity Preview
• Exxon Mobil May Suffer in U.S. Tax Plan
• Romney Seeks to Distance Himself From State Health-Care Bill He Signed
• BNP Paribas, Daimler, Rolls-Royce, ThyssenKrupp: European Equity Preview
• Air Berlin, Daimler, ThyssenKrupp, TUI: German Equity Preview
• Nuclear Operators Must Provide Disaster-Plan Details, Commission Says
• Newt Gingrich, Seeking Presidency, Promises New ‘Contract With America’
• Software Piracy Losses Jump to $59 Billion in 2010, Report Says
• Foreclosures Prompt Four U.S. Cities to Sue Banks for Mowing, Home Repairs
• Foreclosure Filings Drop to 40-Month Low as U.S. Lenders Delay Processing
• CHILE DAYBOOK: Central Bank May Slow Pace of Interest-Rate Rises
• Chile May Raise Rate to 4.75%, Slowing Pace on Peso, Easing CPI
• Acciona, Criteria, Gamesa, Repsol, Zon: Iberian Equity Preview
• Retail Sales in U.S. Probably Climbed in April as Employment Accelerated
• Continental to Increase U.S. Production With Illinois Expansion