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August 26, 2011

• Japan to Spend $2.9 Billion to Clean Up Tepco Radiation Spills, Kyodo Says
• Singapore’s First Presidential Poll in 18 Years to Gauge Support for Lee
• China’s Industrial Profits Rise 28.3%
• New York Faces Evacuation Orders as Transit Shutdown Looms
• California Lawmakers Spent $199 Million Paying Themselves as Well as Aides
• Wells Fargo Stocks ATMs, Reinforces Branches for Hurricane
• China Reserve-Ratio Move to Lock Up $140 Billion, Bank of America Says
• Capital One’s ING Deal Will Face Federal Reserve Hearings, Extended Review
• Mantega’s ‘Populist’ Taxes Harm Exporters, Franco Says
• Sudanese Court Sentences Rebel Leader Al-Tom Hamed to Death by Hanging
• Facebook to Shut Deals Feature After Four-Month Test of Web-Coupon Service
• Irene Flight Cancellations Near 7,000 as United Joins Delta
• Alleged Underpants Bomber Told U.S. Agents He Works for Al Qaeda
• JPMorgan, Wells, Lone Star Said to Win Anglo Irish U.S. Loans
• Boeing Replaces Jetliner Sales Chief After Airbus Inroads
• Bullard Says Two-Day Meeting Gives FOMC Time to Mull Options
• PG&E to Pay $2.2 Billion to Upgrade Pipelines After San Bruno
• Slide Show: Irene’s Path Up U.S. East Coast
• JPMorgan Sees Banxico Cutting Rate by 0.25% in December
• Asian Currencies Decline, Led by Rupee and Baht, on Concern Growth Slowing
• News Corp. Phone Hacker Mulcaire Required to Name Names by Today in U.K.
• Pictet Bank Sued by Saudi Company, Accused of Aiding Bribery Scheme
• Davivienda Boosts Number of Shares to Be Sold to 96 Million
• BlackRock Seeks to Run Exchange-Traded Funds Using Own Indexes
• Slide Show: 100 Years of Hurricanes
• Groupon Has ‘Never Been Stronger’ With Revenue Soaring, CEO Says in Memo
• Amtrak Cancels Northeast Trains as Irene Nears
• Banks Protest as Basel Plans Capital ‘Punishment’ for Size, Risk
• European Stocks Advance for First Week in Five; Logitech Leads Swiss Rally
• Superior Offshore Committee Claims Ex-Managers ‘Looted’ Company After IPO
• Boeing, Capital One Financial, Pfizer: U.S. Equity Preview
• Emerging Market Stocks Strengthen as Bernanke’s Speech Boosts Confidence
• Verizon Labor Contract Talks to Resume Aug. 31, Union Says
• Fed’s Bullard Says ‘Monetary Policy Cannot Do Everything’
• Peru Bonds Extend Longest Winning Streak Since 2006 on Slowdown
• IRS Extends Offshore Disclosure to Sept. 9, Cites Storm
• U.S. Racing to Beat Terrorists in Hunt for Libya’s Anti-Aircraft Missiles
• Argentine Tax Agency Must Return Bunge to Registry, Court Says
• Irene’s Approach Doesn’t Dampen Summer Social Plans for Hamptons Residents
• U.S. Stocks Rally as Bernanke Signals Economy Doesn’t Need Aid
• U.S. Stocks Close Higher on Bernanke Remarks
• NYSE Weighs Shutdown Options as Irene Risk Closes Subways
• Dollar Falls as Risk Appetite Increases After Bernanke Speech; Franc Drops
• BOK’s Kim May Keep Normalizing Rates If World Averts Recession
• Canada Stocks Rise as Materials Producers Gain With Gold, Corn
• Los Angeles Gasoline Jumps on Pipeline Shutdown, Refinery Glitch
• Canadian Dollar Rises as Bernanke’s U.S. Outlook Spurts Appetite for Risk
• Sino-Forest’s Suspension Underscores Canada Regulator’s Urgency in Probe
• Hurricane Irene May Hurt NVR, Toll Brothers Most Among U.S. Homebuilders
• Feldstein Sees ‘Better-Than-Even’ Odds of Recession as Jobs, Output Slump
• MPX Rises on 1.1 Billion Reais Contracts for New Power Plant
• Sino-Forest Trading Halted as OSC Rescinds Order That Executives Resign
• Hewlett-Packard Reshuffles Communications After Stock Slide
• Mexican Stocks: America Movil, Banorte and Penoles Advance
• Harrisburg Gets No Bailout If Plan Is Rejected, Pennsylvania Governor Says
• Corn, Soybeans Gain as Crop Tour Shows U.S. Yields May Drop; Wheat Climbs
• Ethanol Surges to Four-Week High on Production Costs, Exports
• TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline’s Environment Risk Limited, U.S. Finds
• Brazilian Stock Movers: Anhanguera Educacional, B2W, MPX, Vale
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for August 26
• Apple Without CEO Jobs Gives Cook $28 Billion to Deal: Real M&A
• SAIC-Led Team Protests U.S. Army Combat Vehicle Contracts
• Colombian Stocks: Ecopetrol, Odinsa Rise; Rubiales Declines
• Zhongpin May Attract Private Equity Takeover Bid, Chardan Says
• Economy in U.S. Expands at 1% Annual Pace, Less Than Economists Estimated
• Gold Advances for Second Day, Narrowing Weekly Loss on Bernanke Comments
• Boeing Sets 787 Delivery Date After Delays
• Oil May Fall Next Week as Libya Rebels Move to Resume Output, Survey Shows
• BofA Shares Rise as CNBC Says CCB Sale May Close Next Week
• New York Buildings Face Storm Damage as Property Managers Plan for Irene
• Dollar Financial, Krispy Kreme, Micros: U.S. Equity Movers
• Merck Wins Reversal of $32 Million Vioxx Jury Award in Texas Supreme Court
• Tiffany Advances After Raising Full-Year Profit Forecast on Sales in Asia
• Nutrition 21 Supplement Maker Files Bankruptcy with $122.8 Million in Debt
• Chilean Stocks: Cruz Blanca, La Polar and Parque Arauco
• Cameron May Meet Russian Premier Putin on Moscow Trip Next Month
• Crude Oil Futures Advance After Bernanke Says Fed Has Stimulus Tools
• Cyprus Parliament Passes 220 Million Euro Austerity Package
• Warner Urges Deficit Supercommittee to ‘Go Bold’ (Transcript)
• Cordish Can Press Defamation Lawsuit Against CEO of Indianapolis Downs
• Russia Launches Diplomatic Effort to End Violence in Syria
• ‘Diamond’ Planet Found Orbiting Dead Star
• Treasuries Increase as Fed’s Bernanke Fails to Signal Additional Stimulus
• Attack in Mexico Prompts $2.4 Million Reward
• Boeing Said to Replace Dailey as Commercial-Jet Sales Chief
• Refrigerator Rules Will Cut Energy Consumption by 25%, U.S. Says
• Hurricane Irene Threatens North Carolina Landfall Tomorrow
• Irene Threat Spurs Repo Traders
• BM&FBovespa, Shenzen Exchange Sign Accord to Boost Ties
• Google Plans to Start Web TV in Europe Next Year, Schmidt Says
• Sociedad Comercial del Plata Jumps on Restructuring Speculation
• Peru Stocks: Atacocha, Austral, Candente, Ferreyros, Maple
• Brazil’s Federal, Local Primary Surplus Rose to Three-Month High in July
• Canadian Natural Gas Gains as Hurricane Heads Toward U.S. East
• Obama Tells East Coast Residents to Prepare for ‘Historic’ Hurricane Irene
• Star Scientific Loses New Trial Bid in Reynolds Tobacco Case
• Former New York Governor Pataki Says He Won’t Run for President
• Pelicans, Ponies Signal ‘We’re Getting Spanked’
• New York Gasoline Gains on Hurricane Irene as Pipelines Prepare
• New York City Orders Mandatory Evacuation for Rockaway, Coney Island Areas
• Walnut Place Files Removal Notice of BofA Settlement to District Court
• Gold Fields Says Peru Tax in Line With Industry Preference
• U.S. Companies Reporting Positive EPS Surprises, Aug. 26
• U.S. Companies Reporting Higher Quarterly EPS, Aug. 26
• U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, Aug. 26
• U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, Aug. 26
• U.S. Companies Reporting Earnings on Aug. 26
• BNY Mellon Said to Plan Sale of $17 Billion Alcentra Unit
• Heavy Louisiana Oil Premium Hits Record as WTI-Brent Gap Widens
• National Tennis Center to Close on Eve of U.S. Open; Kids’ Day Canceled
• Ex-Marvell Technology Accountant Ng Released on $50,000 Bond
• Copper Rises After Bernanke Predicts Economic Growth Will Resume
• Crude Oil Volatility Falls as Futures Drop on Bernanke Comments
• Joey Barton Leaves Newcastle, Joins Queens Park Rangers in Four-Year Deal
• New York MTA to Shutdown Saturday
• RWE Says German CO2 Emissions to Rise, Westfalen-Blatt Reports
• Hurricane Irene May Cost Insurers $1.1 Billion in Caribbean
• Bernanke Doesn’t Signal More Stimulus
• Suicide Car-Bomb Blast at United Nations Center in Nigeria Kills 18 People
• Gazprom Defends Oil Link, Says Gas Customers Made ‘Mistakes’
• U.S. Must Cut Spending on Medical Technology, Harvard Study Says
• Franc Weakens After Bernanke Speech, Concern Banks May Charge for Deposits
• Venezuela’s PDVSA, CVG to Develop Las Cristinas Gold Mine
• Trading Firm Fails to Block FSA Market Abuse Fine Report
• Go-Playing Kan Loses as Resignation Sparks Successor Race
• Brazil Government Said to Reduce Forecast for 2011 Expansion on Crisis
• Argentine Stock Movers: BBVA Banco Frances, Sociedad Comercial
• Public Debt of 80%-100% of GDP Hurts Growth, BIS Economists Say
• Banco Popolare Quarterly Profit Falls as Year-Earlier Gain Isn’t Repated
• Obama to Leave Martha’s Vineyard Early
• Morgan Stanley Said to Advise on Sale of Portugal’s EDP Stake
• Kenyan Leaders Needs to Do ‘More’ Before Holding Next Election, Annan Says
• Sub-Saharan African Stocks: East African Breweries, Mumias Sugar
• Sinovel Plans Greece Visit for Wind Deal, Public Power Says
• Nigeria’s Naira Weakens for Third Week on Demand for U.S. Dollar
• Ruble Gains Second Week Versus Dollar as Brent Climbs a 4th Day
• Rand Gains a 2nd Day Before Bernanke Speech; Bonds Rise on Growth Concern
• Qatar, 2022 Soccer World Cup Host, to Bid for 2020 Olympic Games
• Barclays Golf Tournament Shortened to 54 Holes From 72 as Irene Approaches
• Slovakia’s Sulik Opposes Increase in Size of EFSF, Welt Reports
• Optimum Coal Says It Received Bids After Reports Glencore Weighing Offer
• Shipping Rates Boosted by Rebuilding in Japan, Lorentzen Says
• Bernanke Keeps Tools In Toolbox for Now: The Ticker
• Ghana Lawmakers Approve $3 Billion China Infrastructure Loan After Debate
• German Bonds Rise for Second Day After Bernanke Speech; Greek Notes Gain
• Palisade’s Veru Says Effects of Zero Rates to ‘Take a While’
• Libya Needs $25 Billion in Investments for Oil Production, Challenger Says
• Colombian Stocks: Ecopetrol, Odinsa Rise, Almacenes Exito Falls
• European Stocks Decline on U.S. Economic Growth; Lanxess Tumbles
• Brazilian Futures Yields Fall Ahead of Central Bank Meeting
• Bernanke Was Right to Stop Being Market ‘Slave,’ Paulsen Says
• Total in Talks on French Exploration, Production Asset Sales
• Swiss Stocks Climb as Bernanke Predicts Long-Term U.S. Growth
• Irene May Cut Electricity for Days, U.S. Says
• Impala Platinum Says Zimbabwe Ownership Law Blocks $10 Billion Investment
• Monte Paschi Second-Quarter Net Rises on Higher Trading Income
• How Steve Jobs Made Business Cool Again: Virginia Postrel
• Coast Guard Restricts Ports as Hurricane Threatens East Coast
• Turkey Stocks: Alarko, Fenerbahce, Koc, Trabzonspor, Ulker
• Russian Stocks Rise Fourth Day This Week After Bernanke Speech
• Colombia Peso Declines as Bernanke Doesn’t Signal New Stimulus
• Higher Tax Revenue Needed to Aid Poor in India, Duflo Says
• BlackRock’s Koesterich Says Bernanke’s Comments Were as Expected
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for August 26
• New Mauritius Hotels Raised to ‘Hold’ From ‘Reduce’ at Cim Stockbrokers
• Australian Dollar Rises as Stevens’s Comments Reduce Rate-Cut Speculation
• South African Stocks Climb, Led by Harmony Gold, Impala Platinum, Naspers
• Muddy Water’s Carson Block Comments on OSC Order on Sino-Forest
• Russian Equity Movers: Acron, Magnitogorsk, Transneft in Moscow
• VIX Retreats, Erasing 10% Gain, After Fed Fails to Spur ‘Panic’
• African Union Withholds Support From Libyan Rebels, Calls for Peace Talks
• Ukraine’s Gas Extraction Dropped 2.1% Through July, Transit Rose
• Star Scientific Is Latest U.S. Stock Halted by Circuit Breakers
• Arpe Said to Consider Purchase of Popolare di Milano Stake
• New York Court Affirms Dismissal of Interpharm Suit Against Wells Fargo
• Total Says Output Starts at Pazflor Field Offshore Angola
• Vietnam Cuts Oil-Product Prices, Easing Inflation Pressure
• KazMunaiGas EP Halts Oil Output Decline After Replacing Workers
• Merkel Says Markets Won’t ‘Blackmail’ Euro Leaders Into Sovereign Rescues
• FCC Restarts 180-Day Clock on Review of AT&T Bid for T-Mobile
• Roman-Age Gold Mine Revived by Crisis-Era Prices Draws Astur
• IOC Ends Eight-Month Suspension of Ghana’s Olympic Committee
• European Bank Shares Slide as Bernanke Doesn’t Signal Stimulus
• Havens Prove Different This Time as Asset-Backeds Favored: Credit Markets
• American Sugar Units Seek $51.2 Million in Compensation From EU
• Pound Falls for Fourth Day Against Euro as Report Shows U.K. Growth Slows
• Eskom May Use Price Increases to Boost Profit Excessively, User Group Says
• Severstal Profit Rises 16% on Steel, Gold Sales, Production
• Zimbabwe Cotton, Tobacco Production Leading Farming Recovery, Mugabe Says
• Turkey, Ukraine Most Exposed to Crisis Repeat, Goldman Says
• Turkish Lira Strengthens on Lower-Than-Expected Trade Deficit
• Dollar Gains as Fed Chief Fails to Signal New Measures to Bolster Economy
• Emerging-Market Stocks Reverse Decline, Sending Benchmark Index Higher
• U.S. Stocks Climb, Erasing Loss as Investors Weigh Bernanke Growth Remarks
• Orange Juice Drops on Sign of Slowing U.S. Economy; Cotton Falls
• How Active Government Chills Markets: Echoes
• Canada Canola, Soybean Processing Drops in Week Ended Aug. 24
• Hungary’s Orban Plans Communication Overhaul, Nepszabadsag Says
• Royal Bank Warns of ‘Headwinds’ as Profit Misses Estimate
• Cyprus to Cut 2012 Fiscal Gap to 2% of GDP, Minister Says
• Centrica Said to Weigh Purchase of North American Gas Assets
• Mechel Romania Units Shareholders Approve $106 Million in Loans
• Confidence of U.S. Consumers Dropped in August to Lowest Level Since 2008
• Spain Offers Firms Tax Breaks, Flexible Temporary Contracts
• China’s Growth Depends on Innovation, Harvard’s Rodrik Says
• Bernanke Scholar Advises Bernanke Fed Chief to Be Bold on Monetary Policy
• Kevin Pietersen Rested for England One-Day Series Against India
• Foreign Funds Sell Net 14.9 Billion Rupees of Indian Equities
• Ukraine Seeks Chinese Investment of $1 Billion for Coal Mines
• European Coal Set to Decline on Ample Supplies, Barclays Says
• Buffett’s BofA Investment Is Latest to Capitalize on Wall Street Weakness
• Brazil’s July Central Government Primary Surplus at 11.2 Billion Reais
• Company Credit Risk Rises As Bernanke Doesn’t Signal Stimulus
• Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, Aug. 26
• Midmorning Negative EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, Aug. 26
• Emerging-Market Stocks Extend Fall After Fed Doesn't Signal New Stimulus
• China Broadens Lenders’ Reserve Requirements to Include Margins, BofA Says
• U.S. Companies Reporting Midmorning EPS, Aug. 26
• Midsized Manufacturers Beat Slump by Embracing China, India
• England’s Cook, Trott Among Finalists for Cricket Player of Year
• Saab Auto Seeks More Cash While Not Ruling Out Reorganization
• Jersey Shore, the Hurricane Episode: The Ticker
• Bernanke’s Remarks to Central Banker Conference at Jackson Hole: Full Text
• USDA Illinois Soybean Crush Report for Aug. 26
• Abkhazia Votes for President as Georgia Condemns Separatist Poll
• Ghana’s Cedi Pares Second Weekly Gain as Banks Purchase Dollars
• Hungarian Shares Extend Loss Before Jackson Hole; OTP, Mol Drop
• Gasoline Declines as U.S. Economic Growth Less Than Expected
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• Son to Stay, Dad Leaves as Irene Churns to North Carolina
• Iberdrola Seeks Approval for Its First German Offshore Wind Park
• Fed’s Plosser Says 2012 Outlook Hasn’t Changed, Opposes More Asset Buying
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Markets
• Ukrainian Economy Grew 7.5% in July on Increased Grain Yields
• Ecopetrol Is Closer to Making ‘Big’ Oil Discovery, RCN Says
• Naspers to Invest in Acquisitions Rather Than Return Cash With Buybacks
• Five Sino-Forest Executives Including CEO Ordered to Resign; Shares Plunge
• Polish Stocks: Lotos, Orlen, PGE, Polimex, TVN Move in Warsaw
• Canara and PNSB Bank CDs Issued:India Money Market
• CBI Bank and CAN BK CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Corn, Soybeans, Wheat Called Lower on Concern Demand May Slow
• India Clarifies Norms for Stake Sale by Local Insurers
• Nigeria Charges Biafra Separatist Leader Uwazurike, Members, With Treason
• ECB Should Ease Monetary Policy Amid Fiscal Woes, Mundell Says
• Spanish Recovery Slows as Exports, Public Spending Shrink
• Ghana’s Cocoa Harvest Exceeds 1 Million Metric Tons in 2010-11, Board Says
• Gundlach’s DoubleLine Will Hold Cash Until Everyone in ‘Fear’
• Treasuries Advance Before Bernanke’s Speech, as GDP Revised to a 1% Rate
• Ukraine Raises Forecast for Grain Exports to 25 Million Tons
• Ambit’s Sanghavi Says Is Increasing Cash Amid Volatile Markets
• Sberbank Said to Seek Lower Volksbanken Price After Market Rout
• Diageo’s East African Breweries Unit Profit Rises 2%; Inflation Cuts Spend
• Irene Weakens on Path to North Carolina
• J&J Wins U.S. FDA Approval for Long-Acting Version of Pain Pill
• U.S. Second Quarter Second GDP Technical Note (Text)
• Argentine Central Bank Chief Rejects Moody’s Report, Telam Says
• EasyJet Founder Stelios Plans More Steps After Michels Leaves
• Nigeria Police Say 18 People Killed in Blast at United Nation’s Building
• Tottenham Drawn With Ireland’s Shamrock Rovers in Europa League
• Gold Rises, Reducing Weekly Decline, as Lower Prices Fuel Investor Demand
• India’s ONGC Offers to Sell Hazira Naphtha for September Loading
• London Police to Deploy 4,000 Extra Officers on Notting Hill Riot Concern
• Wisconsin Judges, Charles Schwab, National Century’s Poulsen in Court News
• Crude Falls, Narrowing Weekly Gain, on Doubts About U.S. Stimulus Measures
• Royal Bank of Canada Operating Profit Rises Excluding Loss From U.S. Sale
• Projects Shore Up ICA as Moody’s Flags Concerns: Mexico Credit
• Australia Newcastle Thermal Coal Rises 0.1% to $121.47 a Ton
• Q-Cells Hires Houlihan Lokey to Look Into Mid-Term Financing
• FSA International Unit Chief Thomas Huertas Will Leave for Ernst & Young
• HKEx Should Review System Security More Frequently, SFC Says
• Ulker Biskuvi to Buy Ulker Cikolata From Yildiz, Fund
• Mangalore Refinery Offers 201,000 Tons of October Oil Products
• Alliance Bank Cuts Preferred-Share Dividend Payment 27-Fold
• Anglo Irish May Hand Back Capital to State, CEO Aynsley Says
• Syria Forces Kill Protesters as Security Tightened in Damascus
• Italian Soccer Players to Strike Opening Week of Serie A Season
• JP Morgan, Workplace Rules, Data Protection, Insider Trading: Compliance
• Fed Funds Open at 0.12%, Within Target Range, ICAP Reports
• UN Rights Chief ‘Very Concerned’ About Fighting in South Sudan
• Treasuries Advance Before Bernanke’s Address in Jackson Hole
• Libyan Rebels Seek Aid as Qaddafi Invokes Jihad
• Kenya Petroleum Gets Barclays Loan to Build Mombasa Refinery Power Plant
• Three-Month Franc Libor Drops to Record Low Amid Negative Rates
• Enel Says Fire Contained at Torrevaldaliga Plant in Italy
• Etex Lenders Market $1.9 Billion of Loans to Acquire Assets From Lafarge
• Russia’s VTB, RenCap Add Bankers as Global Rivals Retreat
• Ghana 2010-11 Cocoa Harvest Reaches Record High of 1 Million Metric Tons
• Greece Government Says it Could Drop Debt Swap Plan on Weak Participation
• Rasmussen Calls Danish Election as Stimulus Bill Lacks Votes in Parliament
• Hurricane Irene Poses Test to Retooled U.S. Emergency Agency
• Indian Equity Movers: JSW Steel, Reliance Capital, Tree House
• Evergreen Marine Second-Quarter Profit Falls 98% on Cargo Rates
• Derivatives Tax Won’t Hurt Brazil Market, CME CEO Says
• Steve Jobs, BAT, Samsung, Google, BBC: Intellectual Property
• U.K. Economy Expansion Slowed in Second Quarter as Manufacturing Shrank
• Danish Bank Default Risk Reduced After Rescue Plan, S&P Says
• Madoff Firm Liquidator Seeks $95 Million From Kuwait Bank, Feeder Fund
• Spain’s Main Political Parties Agree to Set Deficit, Debt Limits for 2020
• Rupiah Gains by Most in Two Weeks on Optimism Inflation Slowing
• United Nations, African Union Must Help Libya Rebels Establish Government
• China Cosco Reaches Agreements on 18 Ships After Disputes Over Payments
• China Calls U.S. Report on Military Strength ‘Cock-and-Bull’
• CLP Says Australian Carbon Plan May Cut Value of A$1.7 Billion Coal Plant
• Corporate Bond Sales Dive in U.S. on Economy, ‘Haywire’ Yields
• Ghana Says Olympic Committee Has Lifted Ban, Joy FM Reports
• Angola to Boost October Oil Exports on Extra Pazflor Cargo
• Uganda’s Shilling Falls for Sixth Week, Extending 18-Year Low
• India’s July Refinery Output by Company
• Fenerbahce Wants Relegation After Ban From European Soccer
• Indian Refiners Boost Crude Processing for Eighth Month in July
• German Bund Yields Set for First Advance in Five Weeks on Bernanke Speech
• Nickel Stockpile Orders Increase to Highest Level Since April
• Japan Spurs Solar, Wind Energy With Subsidies for Renewables
• China to Import About 66% of Australian Ore, Tracking Data Show
• Russia May Lower Cost of Shipping Grain by Rail, Ministry Says
• Mauritius’s Rupee Falls, Trimming Its Third Weekly Gain Before Fed Speech
• Total May Sell French Fields to Vermilion, Geopetrol, BIP Says
• Mumias Sugar of Kenya Full-Year Profit Up 23%, Shares Climb
• S&P Pushes Back at Blame for Rating Turmoil
• Tusk Sees Polish Second-Quarter Economic Expansion at 3.5% to 4% in Year
• India’s Sensex Declines for Fifth Week on Growth Outlook, QE3
• Nigeria Wants Jobs Protected in Nationalized Banks
• Anglo Irish Loss Narrows After Sale of Loans to State ‘Bad Bank’
• Steve Jobs Trumps CEO of $5 Trillion Economy: William Pesek
• Nigeria Police Say Explosion Occurred in United Nations Compound in Abuja
• Japan Buys 22,500 Tons of Food Wheat, 45,206 Tons Barley
• Wheat Drops in Chicago on Speculation Bigger Harvests Will Increase Supply
• Thailand Stocks: PTT, PTT Chemical, S&P Syndicate, Samart
• A-Tec, Danish Banks Agreement, ShengdaTeCH: Bankruptcy
• Sugar Jumps as Kingsman Downgrades Brazil Crop; Coffee Gains
• Tasweeq Sells Term Naphtha for Loading in Next Year, ICIS Says
• Naspers Chairman Says Global Economy Discouraging Consumers, Advertisers
• Teva, Cephalon Ask European Union Regulators to Approve Deal
• Swiss KOF Economic Barometer Falls to Lowest in Almost Two Years
• Hot Summer Erodes Corn, Soy Harvest
• South African Inflation-Linked Bond Yields Fall at Central-Bank Auction
• Japan Solar Shipments May Jump 10-Fold, Industry Group Says
• India Said to Skip Oil Purchases on Shell Nigeria Disruption
• Brazil Government Pushes for Cut in Selic to 12.25% This Month, Globo Says
• African Union Must Continue Talks With All Sides in Libya, Jean Ping Says
• Indonesia Stocks: London Sumatra Indonesia, Medco Energi, Timah
• Brazil Government Sees Economy Growing Less Than 4% This Year, Folha Says
• Brevan Howard Macro Fund Said to Rise 6% Amid August Market Rout
• Mango Windows Phones Give Nokia Apps to Strike Back at Apple
• German Shortage of Engineers Seen Threatening Automakers
• Magnitogorsk Second-Quarter Profit Slumps 81% to $10 Million
• Malaysia Stock Movers: Bumi Armada, CIMB, DRB, Genting, RHB, UEM
• Yuan Forwards Drop for Second Week on Global Recovery Concern
• PTT Chemical Maintains Revenue Target of 100 Billion Baht
• Lanxess Stock Drops as Chief Sells 9.88 Million Euros in Shares
• Vietnam Dong Falls This Week as Gold Imports Spur Dollar Demand
• Fed Faces ‘Terrible Risks’ If It Pursues QE3, HSBC’s King Says
• China Money Market Rate Drop This Week as Cash Crunch Eases
• Sarkozy, Cameron to Visit Post-Qaddafi Libya, Le Parisien Says
• Finland Is Negotiating Greek Collateral Model, Demand Remains ‘Absolute’
• Transneft May Raise Fees This Year for Debt, Terrorist Defense
• Genting Profit Drops on Lower Takings in Singapore, U.K.
• Dreyfus Cash Management Funds Daily Values as of Aug 25, 2011.
• Croatian Economy Returns to Growth as Exports, Domestic Consumption Rise
• Philippine Peso Completes Weekly Gain on Outlook for Fund Flows
• Nigerian Stock Outlook Slashed at Vetiva as Global Concern Increases Risk
• Czech Stocks Decline Before Jackson Hole; Erste, Komercni Slump
• Taiwan Bonds Post First Weekly Drop This Month as Stocks Rise
• European Thermal Coal for Next Year Declines for Second Day
• Latvia’s AirBaltic Recapitalization to Raise Deficit, Leta Says
• Sector Investment Prefers Stocks for Fund, Cuts Cash, CEO Says
• U.S. Northeast Braces for Worst Hurricane Threat Since 1985
• Ringgit Heads for Weekly Loss on Slowdown Concerns; Bonds Drop
• European Loan Growth Slowed in July as Crisis Weighed on Economy
• Posco Cuts September Stainless Steel Prices as Nickel Drops
• SABMiller Hires 10 Banks for Foster’s Loan
• Euro Countries Seeking Greek Collateral Solution, Finance Ministry Says
• FTSE 100 Stocks Retreat Before Bernanke’s Speech; Marks & Spencer Declines
• Sovereign Debt Risk Rises to Record in Europe, Swaps Show
• Japanese Stocks Rise for First Time in Five Weeks as Weaker Yen Expected
• China Stocks: China Cosco, CNR, Jiangxi Copper, Taisheng Wind
• Russian Stocks Heading for Fifth Weekly Decline as Oil Retreats
• Estonian Air May Invest 400 Mln Euros in Fleet, Paeevaleht Says
• Chinese Major Refineries’ Processing Falls, Oilchem Reports
• Tanzania Shilling Heads for Sixth Weekly Drop on Dollar Demand
• Corporate Bond Risk Rises in Europe, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Iraq Signs Agreement With Egypt’s Al Qalaa for Mosul Refinery
• European Recovery Loses Pace for Third Month, Eurocoin Shows
• AGA Rangemaster Profit Falls on Pension Credit, Slumping Sales
• Copper Trims Weekly Gain Ahead of Bernanke Speech: LME Preview
• Meikles of Zimbabwe to Give Workers 10% Stake, Daily News Says
• Bonds Are Most Expensive Since Lehman Collapse Versus Stocks: Japan Credit
• New HIV Infections Drop by 20% in Asia-Pacific, U.N. Report Says
• London Tube’s Ad-Screen Provider to Terminate Contract, FT Says
• Optimum Coal Rises to 4-Month High as Says Gets Bids For Controlling Stake
• Eco-Bat Technologies Reports 87% Jump in Second Quarter Profit
• Aquila to Seek Offers for South African Manganese Project
• Europe Must Support ‘Misgoverned’ Italy, Delors Tells Repubblica
• Tripoli Airport Attacked by Qaddafi Forces
• Quebec Woos Japan, China to Invest in $80 Billion Regional Plan
• Lend Lease Profit Climbs 43% on Asian Developments, U.S. Mall Stake Sale
• India’s Rupee Headed for Fourth Weekly Decline on Fund Outflows
• Spain May Raise Gas, Tobacco, Alcohol Taxes, Economista Says
• Berendsen First-Half Net Income Is Flat on Restructuring Costs
• Dutch Government to Help RWE Over Power Plant, Handelsblatt Says
• Greek Malaise Means Gain for Bulgaria as Firms Seek Refuge
• BOE Member Weale Says He Doesn’t Rule Out More QE, Yorkshire Post Reports
• Mauritanian Government Postpones Elections, AMI News Agency Reports
• Treasury 10-Year Notes Head for Weekly Loss Before Bernanke Speech Today
• German Hearing Aid Maker Kind to Expand, Handelsblatt Says
• Ivory Coast Issues Arrest Warrants for 7 Gbagbo Government Officials
• Taiwan Stocks: Hung Poo, Kindom, Shining Building, Wintek
• Oltchim to Reduce Output for Second Month on Capital Shortage
• Hungary Government Reserve Decline Accelerates, Napi Reports
• Swaps Below RBI Rate for First Time in 15 Month Signal Halt: India Credit
• Investors Shun EU 500 Million Jack Wolfskin Loans, Reuters Says
• South African Central Bank May Cut its Growth Forecast, Kganyago Says
• Russia May Have Record High Sunflower Harvest, Vedomosti Says
• RTS Futures Decline as Investors Await U.S. Fed Speech: Russia Overnight
• Centrotec Buys Stake in Solar Thermal Company Industrial Solar
• CAM Equity Fell 50% as the Securities Won’t Be Called, Efe Says
• Sky Network Rises to Seven-Week High as Profit Rises 17%
• Glencore, Rio Speed Partner Deals After Stock Declines
• Libya Needs No German Troops, De Maiziere Tells Tagesspiegel
• Media Markt Founder to End Metro Cash Pooling, Handelsblatt Says
• Jets, Giants, Red Sox Change Schedules as Hurricane Irene Heads Up Coast
• WestLB to Sell Real-Estate Unit This Year, FT Deutschland Says
• Bond Market Slams Shut With Spreads Widest in 10 Months: Australia Credit
• Vietnam’s Equities: Vung Tau Real, Southern Seed, Vinh Hoan
• Yankees Hit Record Three Grand Slams, Stay Game Behind Red Sox in AL East
• Japan Says Radiation Clean-Up to Cut Children’s Exposure by 60%
• Mexico May Keep Rate at Record Low for 21st Meeting as Inflation, GDP Slow
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover Recorded 08/26/2011
• Japan’s Kan Poised to Resign as Bills Pass
• Aegis Ready to Pay 100 Mln Euros for Master Ad, Kommersant Says
• Fed’s Monetary Policy Stance May Fuel Inflation, India Central Bank Says
• Australian Exchange Taps Ex-Tabcorp Head Kupper to Replace Elstone as CEO
• Kan Resigns as Japan Prime Minister After Backlash Over Handling of Quake
• Philippine Stocks Movers: AgriNurture, South China Resources
• U.S. May Buy Looted Libyan Missiles Sold in Mali’s Black Market
• Reliance Is Said Likely to Miss Drilling Target at Biggest India Gas Field
• Lance Armstrong Wants U.S. to Make Public Its Filing on Doping Probe Leaks
• Strauss-Kahn’s Travel Documents Returned to Him After Charges Are Dropped
• U.S. Government Struggles As The Biggest Seller of Homes
• S&P 500 Trails ‘Very Fair’ Value After Losses: Chart of the Day
• Most Referendums Since 1998 Give U.S. Voters a Chance to Reject State Laws
• Biden Leaves Asia Offering a No-Apology Message to U.S. Audience
• College Board Leader Paid More Than Harvard’s
• Colorado Refunds Transport Debt as Yield at Lowest Since 1994: Muni Credit
• Texas A&M Asks Big 12 to Outline Procedure to Withdraw From Conference
• Jobs’s Departure as CEO Puts Product Vision in Hands of Ive
• Hurricane Delays Dedication of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
• Tiger Woods Will Play in Golf’s Presidents Cup as Pick of Captain Couples
• Irene Delays Columbia Student Move-In While Harvard Opens Early
• Jobs’s Apple Exit Follows Eight-Year Health Fight After Cancer Diagnosis
• Zynga’s ‘Unprecedented’ Tiered Stock Structure Boosts CEO’s Voting Power
• U.S. Banks Said to Seek Relief From Regulators as Deposits Swell
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• Aggreko, Playtech, SABMiller, Shell: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
• AB Science, Ablynx, Aggreko, Naturex, SABMiller: European Equity Preview
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