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February 14, 2012

• Otkritie Abandons Bid for KBC’s Russian Unit, Kommersant Says
• Wal-Mart May Hire Another X5 Russian Executive, Kommersant Says
• Bangchak Shares Rise to Five-Month High on Profit, Dividend: Bangkok Mover
• Citic Resources Shares Surge to 6-Month High on Profit Forecast
• Tepco Chairman Katsumata to Announce in March Whether to Quit
• Singapore Stocks: Chemoil Energy, Global Logistic, Olam, STX OSV
• Lin Scores Last-Second 3-Pointer as New York Knicks Defeat Raptors 90-87
• New Zealand Dollar Advances to Six-Month High Against Yen on Retail Sales
• Global Funds Sell Net 6.42 Billion Rupees of Indian Derivatives
• Range Resources at 56 Times Profit Cheap in Shale Boom: Real M&A
• Pittsburgh Hospice Physician’s Office Raided by DEA, FBI Agents
• Treasuries Drop as China Plans to Help Solve Euro Debt Crisis
• BRIC Countries Positive Toward Helping EU Debt Crisis, PBOC’s Zhou Says
• Oil Rises as Much as 0.5 Percent to $101.19 a Barrel in New York
• India’s BSE and NSE Equity Derivative Market Activity
• Sun Hung Kai Leads Gains as Bocom Sees Home Prices Rising: Hong Kong Mover
• Centenary Bank Note Sale Sparks Hong Kong Buying Frenzy (Video)
• Treasuries Fall as China Plan to Help Solve Euro Crisis Curbs Haven Demand
• China Stocks Rebound After PBOC Governor, Premier Wen Vow to Help Europe
• Indocement, Bakrie, Bumi: Indonesia Equity Preview
• Malaysia Plans $9.9 Billion Sukuk to Finance Mass Railway
• Baht Falls for a Second Day on Europe Woes, Bangkok Explosions
• Taiwan Bonds Rise as U.S. Retail Sales Gain Less Than Expected
• Derivative CDs Backed by FDIC Tempt Savers as Banks Reap 8% Fees
• Rubber Futures Advance as Yen’s Drop Raises Appeal, Tire Demand May Grow
• BM&FBovespa Quarterly Profit Misses Forecasts on Low Trading
• Fund Equity Allocations Grew Most in Year:BofA
• Consumers Resilient From Australia to New Zealand as World Slows: Economy
• Sept. 11 Plotter’s Associate Charged in Gas Station Scheme
• America Movil Proposes Dividend of 20 Centavos
• Berkshire Energy Unit May Face Challenges in Solar Bet, S&P Says
• Primary Health Falls After First Half Earnings Miss Estimates
• Facebook Awarded $75,777 in Legal Fees
• Elpida Plunges by Daily Limit in Tokyo
• Jackie Chan Business Jet Shows Embraer’s China Breakthrough
• Treasuries Maintain Three-Day Advance Amid Concern Over Greece Bailout
• Asia Bond Default Risk Rises, Credit-Default Swap Prices Show
• Australian Lower House Passes Health Insurance Reforms
• Amazon Is Said to Have Fewer Prime Members Than Estimated
• Morgan Stanley Fails to Buy Forties After Reduced Bid
• Pentagon Capital, Closed U.K. Hedge Fund, Ordered to Pay $76.8 Million
• Fukushima Town Offers First Site for Waste Storage, Nikkei Says
• Globe, IP E-Game, PhilWeb, Roxas: Philippine Stocks Preview
• South Korea’s January Liquefied Gas Imports Decline 41% as Prices Increase
• Elpida Poised to Drop on Survival ‘Uncertainty’: Tokyo Mover
• Bacon’s Nude Model Tops $126.5 Million Christie’s U.K. Auction
• Australia Offices to Outperform Retail, Industrial, NAB Says
• CBOE to List Futures on Brazil, Oil Volatility Indexes
• Billionaire Paulson Sold Citigroup, Bank of America in Fourth Quarter
• Highfields Capital Management Increases Stake in News Corp.
• Obama Meets China Vice President Xi Jinping
• Paulson Files to Approach Hartford Holders About Breakup
• AT&T Must Give Shareholders Net Neutrality Vote
• Syria Disrupts Text Messaging of Protesters With Made-in-Dublin Equipment
• House Prices Fall in Scotland for Third Month as Economy Slows
• How the Iran Nuclear Standoff Looks From Russia: Dmitri Trenin
• Barcelona Tops Leverkusen as Champions League Soccer Resumes; Lyon Wins
• Catholic Bishops Join the Culture War on Obama: Margaret Carlson
• The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service: Susan P. Crawford
• Lasry Sees Europe Bankruptcy Bonanza as Bad Debts Obscure Assets
• Kinky Brothel Games Intrigue in ENO’s ‘Hoffmann’: London Stage
• Pot-Smoking Kevin Bacon Wrangles With Car-Crash Addict Dad: Film
• Volksbanken’s Owners Face Dissolution Vote After Moody’s Warning
• Making the Volcker Rule Better for Markets and the Economy: View
• Greek Unrest Adds Urgency to Need for Real Debt Relief: View
• China’s Fu Baoshi, Dealt With Boozing, Despots: Lance Esplund
• Libor Probe Said to Expose Collusion, Lack of Internal Controls
• JPMorgan, HSBC Among Firms Facing Canada Libor-Fixing Probe
• Los Angeles Gasoline Rises to Three-Month High on Planned Work
• Lehman’s $699 Million Deal With JPMorgan Is Uncontested by Creditors
• Lone Pine Capital Slashes Stake in Murdoch’s News Corp. by 93%
• U.S. Stocks Pare Losses on Optimism Greece to Back Austerity
• Trucking Industry Challenges U.S. on Driver Rest Rules
• Nasdaq, Bats Sites Attacked as Trading Systems Unaffected
• Stocks, Euro Trim Loss on Report Greece Will Back Austerity Plan for Aid
• San Francisco Sues U.S. for Enforcement Failure in Explosion
• Canada Pension to Invest $1.8 Billion in Westfield Shopping-Mall Venture
• LDK Leads Solar Slump on German Tariff Reports: China Overnight
• Goldman’s Rogers Says Volcker Rule Could Increase Risk
• Japanese Stock Futures Rise on Greece Optimism, Yen’s Decline
• South Korean Jobless Rate Rises to Four-Month High on Weakness in Exports
• Third Point to Nominate Slate for Yahoo
• Bankrupt Jefferson County, Alabama, Authorizes Hiring of Manager for Debt
• BC Said to Weigh Sale of German Power Transformer Maker SGB
• Eastern Europe Growth Probably Slowed Last Quarter on Credit-Crunch Threat
• Pernod Shares May Decline Without Increase in Distiller’s Earnings Outlook
• Chilton Investment Company Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Peru Hires Consultants for Newmont Mine Review, Republica Says
• Boeing Plans First 747-8 Delivery on Feb. 28 to VIP Customer
• Lockhart Says Slow Jobs Gains Warrant Low Fed Rate Through 2014
• Tom Cruise Film Lifts Imax to Six-Month High: Toronto Mover
• Apple Reaffirms Commitment to Safe Labor
• CVR Energy Should Put Itself Up for Sale, Icahn Tells CEO
• Credit Swaps in U.S. Rise After Retail Sales Trailed Estimates
• Mexico Peso Drops as Downgrades Overshadow Auto Output Increase
• Canada’s Currency Rises Versus Most Peers Amid Gains in Oil, U.S. Dollar
• Greece’s Samaras, Papandreou Said to Commit to Austerity Plan for Bailout
• WaMu Fails to Win Votes Needed From Preferred Shareholders
• Paulson Sold His Stakes in Citigroup, Bank of America Ahead of Share Rally
• Highbridge Capital Management Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Normandy Hill Settles Suit Against Wachovia Capital Over Fraud Claims
• Cybersecurity Bill in U.S. Senate Calls for Industry Rules
• Ackman’s Pershing Boosts Canadian Pacific Stake, Reduces Kraft
• U.S. Loses $10.4 Million After Failures in Clean-Energy Research
• Total Leads Bond Sales With Yields at About Lowest on Record
• Telemar, Brasil Telecom Investigated by Antitrust Regulator
• Netflix Said to Produce Second New Series to Challenge HBO
• Treasuries Gain on January Retail Sales Pace, Greek Debt-Relief Deal Delay
• Strategists’ Forecasts for Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 2013
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for February 14
• Coffee Futures Fall to Lowest in 14 Months: Commodities at Close
• Mexico Stocks: Urbi, Corp. Geo, Homex, TV Azteca Drop
• Colombian Stocks: Bancolombia, Banco de Bogota, Valorem Advance
• Soros Increased Stake in SPDR Gold Trust in Fourth Quarter
• U.S. Solar Projects Rose 67 Percent in Fourth Quarter, SEIA Says
• PetroEcuador Plans Sale of 8.64 Million Barrels of Crude Oil
• U.S. Companies Reporting Unchanged Quarterly EPS, Feb. 14
• U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, Feb. 14
• U.S. Companies Reporting Positive EPS Surprises, Feb. 14
• U.S. Companies Reporting Quarterly EPS Reversals, Feb. 14
• U.S. Companies Reporting Higher Quarterly EPS, Feb. 14
• U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, Feb. 14
• U.S. Companies Reporting Earnings on Feb. 14
• Blum Capital Partners LP Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Urbi Plunges Most in Three Years on Cash Flow: Mexico City Mover
• SAC Capital Cut Stake in SPDR Gold Trust in Fourth Quarter
• Oil Declines on U.S. Retail Sales, Expected Gain in Inventories
• MF Global Parent Trustee to Share Some Information in ‘Public Interest’
• Panetta Urges Congress to Avert Doubling of Pentagon Cutbacks Over Decade
• TV Azteca Loses 4 Million Cable Viewers in Price Dispute
• New York Seeks $2 Billion Federal Loan for Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement
• Payroll-Tax Cut Extension Agreement Nearing, U.S. Lawmakers Say
• Tudor Adds to Virgin Media, Yahoo Stakes in Fourth Quarter
• Glenview Capital Mgmt Inc Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Falcone’s Harbinger Seeking to Sell Ferrous Stake to Repay Jefferies Loan
• Arbitron Climbs Most in MOnth as Forecast Tops Estimates: Washington Mover
• Oil and Gasoline Stockpiles Advanced Last Week, API Reports
• Strategists’ Recommended Allocations for Stocks, Bonds, Cash
• Arbitron, Cloud Peak, MEMC, Valspar, Yahoo: U.S. Equity Movers
• Ethanol Declines Most in Week With Stockpiles at Record High
• Avon Products Climbs on Plan to Cut Jobs at Door-to-Door Cosmetics Seller
• Hospira Rises as CEO Says Drugmaker’s Production Rebounding: Chicago Mover
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for February 14
• NY State Teachers Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Chile Keeps 5 Percent Benchmark Rate as Economic Growth Proves Resilient
• Berkshire Has 7.7% Stake in Wells Fargo as Buffett Bets on Bank
• BlackBerry Bumped as U.S. Procurement Agency Issues IPhones
• Tudor Investment Sells Off 200,000-Share Stake in SPDR Gold ETF
• Cohen’s SAC Capital Purchased Shares in Reliance Steel in Fourth Quarter
• Yell Drops Most in Three Months as Sales Fall: London Mover
• MetLife Profit Advances to $1.16 Billion as Derivative Investments Improve
• Batteries to Rival Gas Peaker Plants by 2016, A123 CEO Says
• Charles River Shares Climb as Earnings Top Analyst Estimates: Boston Mover
• Ford Says Hybrid System Gains Give Fusion Edge Over Camry
• Michael Kors Rises as Status Symbols Push Profit Past Estimates
• Tesla Loss Seen Widening Ahead of Model S as Roadster Ends
• Common Antibiotic Therapy Fails to Ease Sinus Infection Symptoms in Study
• Toronto Bubble Risk Tops New York in Condos: Mortgages
• Afton Capital Mgmt Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Honda Said to Sell $1.69 Billion of Bonds Backed by Auto Loans
• Mohegan Extends Deadline on Bond Swap as Tenders Fall Short
• Grupo Mexico Wins $82.8 Million From Sterlite in Lawsuit Over Asarco Deal
• Carried-Interest Tax Increase Measure Introduced by Levin
• Colombian Peso Declines as U.S. Retail Sales Report Raises Growth Concern
• Yen Weakens to a Three-Month Low as Bank of Japan Increases Stimulus Steps
• Obama Allies Seek to Reframe Birth-Control Debate for Voters
• Peru Air Force May Buy 10 Embraer Planes, Brazil Ministry Says
• Ford Sees No Major Car-Market Effects From EU Crisis, HB Says
• Colm Kelleher Says Volcker Rule Misperceives How Market Makers Earn Profit
• Rio Bravo Planning to Double Size of Renewable-Energy Fund
• Canadian Gas Gains on Cooler U.S. Weather, Lower Nuclear Output
• Russia’s Gazprom to Search for Oil, Gas off Dominican Republic
• Four Men Plead Not Guilty to Dell Stock Tipping Scheme
• Ecuador Says Trade Deficit Narrowed 64% to $717 Million in 2011
• Chicago Gasoline Weakens to Record Discount on Inventory Glut
• Cattle Prices Gain as U.S. Supply Tightens, Beef Demand Climbs; Hogs Rise
• Financial Markets Specialist Buch Joins Merkel Advisers, SZ Says
• L’Oreal ‘Pink Petal’ Tops List of 400 Lipsticks Containing Lead
• Tiger Woods to Play Honda Classic in Florida for First Time in Pro Career
• Ireland Hires Goodbody to Review Value of Allied Irish Stake
• Toyota Motor Credit Corp Sells $1.25 billion 3-Year NC Sr Unsecu
• Lockheed Protests $638 Million U.S. Navy Award to Northrop
• Sberbank’s Pay for Board Members Jumps by 32 Percent, IFX Says
• Lansdowne Buys Google, Amazon While Selling its Stake in IBM
• St. Jude Heart Device Exposes Failure of Safety Monitoring, Doctor Says
• S&P’s Reward Awaits One-Time Sick Man of Asia: William Pesek
• Centenary Bank Note Sale Sparks Hong Kong Buying Frenzy
• Will Obama's Campaign Be About His Presidency? The Ticker
• Drachma's History Offers Hints About its Future: Echoes
• Romney: Fed Bailout Harmed, Not Helped, Auto Industry
• Gold Has Longest Slump This Year
• EU Says Ready to Help Greece in Event of Iranian Oil Export Halt
• Argentina Rain to Relieve Corn, Soybean Crops After Dry Week
• Gas Well Inspections to Be Required After Fracking, Salazar Says
• Calpers Actuary: Consider Lower Assumed Return
• Gregoire Offers to Speak With Christie About Gay Marriage Amid Veto Pledge
• Mumbai Hosts Elections Fit for Many Small Countries: Choudhury
• Nicaragua Central Bank Head Quits Amid Row
• Ex-Citigroup CEO Says Volcker Rule Needs ‘Severe Penalties’
• Kingdon Capital Management Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• For Economy’s Sake, Cut Another Temporary Deal on Taxes: View
• Yahoo Drops After Report Says Asia Asset Talks Hit Impasse
• Alcatel CEO Forgoes Stock Options, Renews ‘Normality’ Pledge
• Lin Jersey Worn While Beating Kobe to Be Auctioned for Charity, Knicks Say
• Cetip to Open New Platform for Corporate Bond Trading
• Philadelphia Gas Works Sale May Bring City $496 Million Gain, Lazard Says
• Barclays Competes With BlackRock for $9.3 Billion of Mexican Pension Funds
• Wells Fargo’s Directors Ordered to Face Foreclosure Claims
• Bahrain Arrests Demonstrators Ahead of Anti-Government Protest Anniversary
• Apple Says Fair Labor Association Began Foxconn Inspection
• Peru Stocks: Buenaventura, Panoro, Rio Cristal, Southern Copper
• Auto Sales Per U.S. Dealership May Rise to Record in 2012
• Peru Bond Yields Decline to Three-Month Low on Europe Outlook
• Air Canada Pilots Offered New Mediator Amid Strike Vote
• Christie Says Acting Education Chief Has Added Residence Since Nomination
• Lawmakers Gear Up for Election-Year Fight Over $1.33 Trillion U.S. Deficit
• Moore Invests in Homebuilders ETF While Cutting Dividend Stocks
• Attacks on Diplomats Raise Specter of Escalation of Israel-Iran Covert War
• Merkel Targets Leveraged Buyouts in Fiscal Convergence Tax Plan
• Japan’s Glory to Buy Talaris to Expand in ATM Market Abroad
• Netflix Said to Plan Second Original Series in Challenge to HBO
• Energy Conversion Files for Bankruptcy, Seeks Sale of Assets
• Glaxo Uses Mediation to Settle Almost 25,000 Avandia Diabetes-Drug Claims
• YPF Said to Lose Oil Partners as Government Cracks Down
• Fed’s Kocherlakota Sees ‘Moderate’ Economic Expansion in 2012
• Banco Colpatria to Sell Up to 150 Billion Pesos of Debt Feb. 28
• Zipcar Falls Most Since IPO After Forecasting Quarterly Loss: Boston Mover
• Yale University Bought China Exchange-Traded Fund Last Quarter
• Monsanto to Appeal French Ruling on Farmer’s Pesticide Poisoning
• Santorum’s Electability Pitch Undermined by 2006 Senate Re-Election Loss
• Colombian Stock Movers: Canacol Energy Ltd., Valorem SA Advance
• Emerging Stocks Fall on Global Growth Concern After Moody’s Cuts
• Zinc Glut Expanding to Almost Two-Decade High Threatens Rally: Commodities
• San Leon Rises to Three-Month High on Gas Find in Poland
• Osborne Says Moody’s Warning on Debt Shows U.K. Can’t Waver on Austerity
• Greece to Pare Spending in Defense, Investment to Close Gap
• Monti Won’t Back Rome Bid for 2020 Olympic Games as Italy Reduces Spending
• Mexico Sells 6 Billion Pesos of 28-Day Cetes at Auction Today
• Patrizia Immobilien Shares Gain $1.89 Billion LBBW Deal: Frankfurt Mover
• Plosser Says Additional Accommodation Would Put Fed on ‘Treacherous Path’
• RBS to Rebrand Insurance Unit Direct Line Group Before Sale
• Airbus to Seek Alliances as Rivals Try to Sell Big Planes
• Geithner Says Cutting Spending ‘Too Deeply or Too Soon’ Would Hurt Economy
• U.K. Stocks Are Little Changed; Banks, Mining Companies Decline
• Goldman Sachs Says Banking Partner Jeffrey Moslow to Retire
• Scarred Hearts Can Be Mended With Stem Cell Therapy, Study Shows
• Cutting Off Egypt Aid Would Be Mistake, General Dempsey Says
• Billionaire Fredriksen Buys Ships for $610 Million in Sign Slump Near End
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for February 14
• Crude Oil-Tanker Glut Stays at Four-Week High, Survey Shows
• BayernLB May Replace Chief at Hungarian Unit, Figyelo Reports
• Golar LNG to Buy Two New Vessels From Hyundai Samho Heavy
• German Stocks Fall as U.S. Retail Sales Miss Forecasts; ThyssenKrupp Drops
• European Stocks Fall as Moody’s Downgrades Italy, Spain Ratings
• Pegatron Says It Hasn’t Been Informed of Labor Inspections
• Banco do Brasil Profit Beats Estimates on Lending Growth; Shares Gain
• Egypt Imposes Travel Bans on Australian, American, MENA Says
• ThyssenKrupp Posts First-Quarter Loss After Americas Delays
• Lebanese Rally to Mark Seventh Anniversary of Hariri Killing
• Greece May Cut $1.3 Billion in Drug Spending This Year
• Swiss Stocks Slide; Actelion, Roche Shares Lead Retreat in Zurich Trading
• NFL Should Drop TV Blackout Policy, Five U.S. Senators Tell FCC
• Cocoa May Have ‘More Upside’ as Usage Outpaces Supply, Olam Says
• L’Oreal Gains Most in 2 1/2 Months on 2012 Outlook
• Syria Army Shells Homs as UN Human Rights Chief Urges International Action
• Petrobras Oil Discovery Makes STX OSV 30% Undervalued: Real M&A
• Argentine Stocks: Garovaglio, Grupo Clarin and Tenaris
• Italian Notes Rise as Costs Drop at Sale; Spanish Debt Slides on Downgrade
• Actelion Sees 2012 Profit Unchanged as Economic Crisis Hurts Drug Prices
• Houston Funeral to Be Held Feb. 18 at New Jersey Church of Singer’s Youth
• Russian Radio Warns of State Crackdown on its Independence
• Ecuador’s Leon to Head Agriculture Ministry After Vera Resigns
• Peru’s Imports Rose 21 Percent in January, Peru21 Reports
• U.S. Retail Sales Trail Estimates as Automobile Purchases Decline: Economy
• Elbit Discount to S&P Defense Stocks is a ‘Buy’ to Leumi: Israel Overnight
• Republicans Offer to Extend Payroll-Tax Cut May Shift Blame to Democrats
• Heebner Buys Philip Morris, Bank of America, Sells Apple Shares
• TDC’s Private Equity Owners Trim Back Holdings; Shares Decline
• Hungary Stocks: OTP Bank, Refiner Mol Move in Budapest Trading
• Goodman & Company Holdings in 4th Quarter: 13F Alert
• Big East Conference Expels West Virginia in Mountaineers’ Move to Big 12
• Rehn Calls on Spain to Spell Out Deficit-Reduction Measures
• Pentagon Challenges Congress Not to ‘Pick At’ $525 Billion Military Budget
• OTP Bank Falls on Moody’s EU Cuts, Hungary EU Aid Hurdles
• U.S. Companies Reporting Midmorning EPS, Feb. 14
• Midmorning Negative EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, Feb. 14
• Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, Feb. 14
• Czech Stocks: Erste Bank, Komercni, Telefonica Czech Active
• Pound Slides After Moody’s Says U.K.’s Aaa Rating at Risk; Gilts Advance
• Ruble Weakens Against Dollar as Europe Downgrades Hit Brent Oil
• EU Initiates Review for Sweden, Denmark on Debt Imbalances
• Scene Last Night: Koch, Placido, Estefan Toast Adrienne Arsht
• Schaeuble: Europe Better Prepared if Greece Defaults
• Dressing for Wall Street, Do's and Don'ts
• Hungary’s Bonds Slump as Inflation Rate Rises to 21-Month High
• Greater Nile Says Reported South Sudanese Oil Production Wells Accurately
• Martha Stewart’s Chow Chow Out as Dalmatian, Dachshund Win at Westminster
• Egypt Sells $1.7 Billion of Repos to Curb Rising Yields
• ABN Amro May Cut 15% of Clearing Unit Jobs in Reorganization
• Daimler Sells Its First Benchmark Bonds in Euros This Year
• Turkish Stocks: Dogan, Turk Telekom, Vakifbank, Yapi Kredi
• China to Expand Essential-Drug List, Health Minister Says; Price Cuts Seen
• McDermott to Open Seoul Law Practice Following Trade Agreement
• South African Stocks: Anglo, BHP, Country Bird, Mondi, Telkom
• Brazil Sugar Output Drops 6.8% in Center South Through Feb. 1
• Pamplona Capital Intends to Raise $300 Million for Structured Credit Fund
• Fed Should Heed Lessons of 1920 Recession Response, Grant Says: Tom Keene
• Puerto Rico Authority Plans Biggest Muni Sale of 2012
• Slideshow: The Real Cost of Valentine’s Day
• Mondi Says Court in Poland Clears Way for Saturn Buy
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Falls After Missing Profit Estimates: Detroit Mover
• Israel Raises State of Alert After Attacks on Diplomats in India, Georgia
• U.S. Repo Close: Current Seven-Year Note at Lowest Rate, 0.05%
• Polish Stocks: Mondi Swiecie, Telekomunikacja Active in Warsaw
• Brazilian Stock Movers: Banco do Brasil, Dasa, Embraer
• Chicken Producers Jump on Brazil Import Tax: Johannesburg Mover
• Mexico January Auto Production Rose 1.2% From 2011, AMIA Says
• Obama Focuses on Taxing High Earners in Proposing Dividend Shift in Budget
• Sub-Sahara Africa Stocks: Air Mauritius, First Bank of Nigeria
• FMS Wertmanagement Said to Sell Five-Year Bonds in Euros
• U.K. Commercial Property Prices Fall for Third Month on Economy
• Norway Krone at Five-Month High May Prompt Central Bank Response This Week
• Unitech’s Third-Quarter Profit Drops 50% as Home Sales Decline
• Prolor Closes at Highest Since December on Clotting Factor
• Fire at Equity Residential Trump Place Apartments in Manhattan Injures 11
• Koor Surges to 6-Month High on Acquisition Talks: Tel Aviv Mover
• Kenyan Energy Regulator Reduces Gasoline, Diesel Prices
• Total SA’s SunPower Sues SolarCity Over Trade-Secret Pacts
• BRD-Groupe Societe Generale 2011 Profit Falls for Third Year
• India Inflation Cools to Slowest Pace in 26 Months; Bonds, Stocks Advance
• Petrobras to Boost Output in Brazil and U.S. This Quarter
• Italian Prosecutors Appeal Knox Acquittal, Corriere Says
• Steelers’ Rashard Mendenhall May Miss 2012 Season, General Manager Says
• Actelion CEO Says 120 Patients Died in Lung Drug Study
• Mexico International Reserves Fell to $147.9 Billion, Bank Says
• Business Inventories Rose Less Than Sales
• U.S. December Business Inventories and Sales Report (Text)
• First Bank of Nigeria Rallies Most in Two Months in Lagos
• Chilean Casino-Owner Enjoy Working to Avoid Breach of Covenant
• Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Vow to Boycott Presidential Elections
• Aramco’s Sadara Awarding Construction Contracts, KBR Says
• Rackspace’s Profit Tops Analyst Estimates as Cloud-Computing Revenue Grows
• Butch Davis Hired as Assistant to Schiano With NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Rehn Sees Greece Bailout Decision ‘Soon’
• Evercore’s Schlosstein Says Volcker Rule Will Boost Costs
• Saudi Marafiq Signs $1.2 Billion Islamic Loan Accord, SPA Says
• China’s Soybean Imports May Jump to All-Time High on Stockpiling
• UBS Said to Plan Contingent Bond Sale to Boost Capital
• Burundi Civil Society Groups Urge Release of Anti-Graft Activist
• Alvarion Falls to Lowest in Week as Revenue Falls, Loss Forecast
• Corn Declines as U.S. Acres May Increase to Highest Since 1944
• Rand Slides as Moody’s Europe Rating Reductions Hurts Stocks, Commodities
• Cemex Fined by Antitrust Agency Over Russia Cement, Reuters Says
• U.S. to Lose Ground in Corn Trade During Next Decade, USDA Says
• Israel CPI Bonds Drop to One-Week Low on Economy, Housing Costs
• Polish Committee Backs Copper Tax Plan, Keeps Rate Unchanged
• German Stocks Resume Decline as ThyssenKrupp, Deutsche Bank Shares Decline
• China’s Baogang Group to Open New Rare Earth Base, Xinhua Says
• Tax Increases, Debt Limit Loom Over Budget Debate: Peter Orszag
• Lehman Debt Trades Fell to $1.9 Billion in January From $3.6 Billion
• Chilean Peso Weakens as Copper Declines on European Debt Concern
• Houston Ship Traffic Resumes After Fog Lifts, Coast Guard Says
• Tax Cut to Save Chinese Car Owners $476 Million, Xinhua Reports
• Emerging Stock Rally May Fade After Biggest Purchases Since ’01, BofA Says
• Mild Weather Moves Into East Next Week While Cold Stays in West
• Crude Oil Rises to Three-Week High as Iran Threat Counters European Debt
• Austria Bank Capital Needs Decisive for Aaa Rating, Moody’s Says
• Short-Selling, Volcker Rule Critics, Irish Banks: Compliance
• Canada December New Motor Vehicle Sales Report (Text)
• U.S. January Advance Retail and Food Service Sales (Text)
• U.S. January Import and Export Price Index Report (Text)
• U.S. Import Prices Climbed 0.3% in January on Higher Costs for Autos, Fuel
• Slovak Corruption File Boosts Gain for New Parties, Poll Shows
• Emaar Quarterly Profit More Than Doubles as Dubai Developer Expands Abroad
• Persian Gulf Stocks: Emaar, Etisalat, Abu Dhabi Islamic, Sorouh
• Egypt Agreed to Export 1,800 Metric Tons of Cotton Last Week
• U.K. Stocks Decline; Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Retreat
• China Shale Delay to Boost LNG Imports in Boon for Exxon: Energy
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Markets
• Brazilian Retail Sales Rise More Than Expected as Consumer-Goods Tax Falls
• HDFCand L&T FIN CP deal:India Money Markets
• Implied Stock-Price Moves for U.S. Companies Reporting Results
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• HDFC and IOC CP's Issued:India
• Amtek Auto, Olam, Sony Financial, Rusal, ZTE: Asian Stocks Preview
• CBI and UCO CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Chile Probably Will Hold Key Rate as Jobless Rate Tumbles
• Ukraine Winter Grain in Poor Condition Rises, Researcher Says
• U.S. Bancorp, East West Bank Fund Borrego Solar-Energy Systems
• ANDHRA and UBI Deals:Indian Money Market
• BASF Removes Acquisition Strategy Barrier as Cognis Integrated
• Greek Economy Shrank Greater-Than-Forecast 6.8% Last Year on Spending Cuts
• Ivory Coast Rainfall in Cocoa-Growing Areas Feb. 1-10
• Diplomat Attacks Raise Specter of Escalating Israel-Iran War
• Zagrebacka Banka 2011 Net Income Rises 2.7% to 1.3 Billion Kuna
• Dubai Shares Rally to 6-Month High on Dividend Bets; Emaar Rises
• Sri Lanka Stocks May Slump More on Rates, HSBC Private Says
• Bovespa Futures Gain as Brazilian Retail Sales Exceed Forecasts
• Gunfights in Saudi Oil-Rich Province Show Spread of Iran Political Tension
• Fed Funds Open at 0.12%, Within Target Range, According to ICAP
• Serbian Foreign-Currency Reserves Drop in January: Central Bank
• Ukraine’s Rapeseed Exports Fall 30% This Season, Researcher Says
• Robusta Coffee Extends 13% Advance in London After Entering Bull Market
• U.S. January Small Business Optimism Index: Summary
• Confidence at U.S. Small Companies Little Changed in January
• Euro Strengthens After Italian, Spanish Borrowing Costs Drop; Yen Weakens
• Kenya’s Shilling Weakens First Time in 3 Days on Dollar Demand
• Russian Stocks: United Co. Rusal, Lukoil, Novatek, Rosneft Move
• Emaar Rises to Six-Month High on Dividend Bets: Dubai Mover
• Foreign Investors Buy Net 6.48 Billion Rupees of Indian Stocks
• Frost-Kill Damage to Europe Grain Crops ‘Very Likely,’ MARS Says
• Ukraine’s Grain Stockpiles Surged 66% to 23.6 Million Tons
• European Union May Raise Tariffs on Chinese Warehouse Trucks
• Italy’s Sells Maximum 6 Billion Euros at Bond Sale as Yields Plunge
• Embraer Wins Order for 10 Jets From Azul for $478 Million
• Houston Ship Channel Pilots Suspend Traffic Because of Fog
• Italy-Spain Borrowing Costs Decline at Auction Following Moody’s Downgrade
• Google, Bard, PepsiCo, Time Warner: Intellectual Property
• Athens Street Fixtures Damage Exceeded 1 Million Euros, ANA Says
• Slovak Growth Slowdown to Cut Tax Revenue by 140 Million Euros
• German Investor Confidence Jumps to 10-Month High as Crisis Eases: Economy
• Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, Apple, Transocean in Court News
• Tata Motors Net Beats Estimates on Land Rover Sales
• Mersen Says Terms for Solar Clients in China Hurt Cash Flow
• Government Bonds Advance as Inflation Slows More Than Economists Estimated
• Hrvatski Telekom 2011 Net Income Declines for a Second Year
• Lukoil Advances for Third Straight Day After Crude Oil Gains
• Austria’s Fekter ‘Confident’ Greece Will Get Additional Aid
• Isbank May Say Fourth-Quarter Profit Dropped 11 Percent
• Misys Said to Draw Private-Equity Interest Following Temenos
• Eastern Chinese City Discovers Factory Using Underage Workers
• Iran’s OPEC Governor Says Oil Prices to Advance, Mehr Reports
• Rusal Advances on Plans to Raise Alloy Production: Moscow Mover
• Britain May Lose Top Moody’s Rating After Debt Downgrades for Italy, Spain
• Naira Heads to Three-Month High as Nigeria Probes Fuel Importers
• Estonia’s Child Poverty Worse Because of Recession, Report Says
• Italian Company Bond Performance Rebounds to First From Worst: Euro Credit
• King Sees U.K. Inflation Reaching 2012 Goal With Risk of Slowing Too Far
• Malaysia to Sell Up to $9.9 Billion Islamic Bonds to Finance Mass Railway
• Boeing Signs Record $22.4 Billion Lion Air Order for 737s
• Record Redemptions Looming as Akbank Costs Rise: Turkey Credit
• Elpida Sees ‘Uncertainty’ Over Whether Chipmaker Will Remain in Business
• Belarus Forecasts 8.8 Million-Ton Grain Harvest, Belta Reports
• Euro Strengthens Against Dollar on Italy Auctions; Yen Weakens on Stimulus
• Banks’ Reluctance to Lend to Each Other Stays at Four-Month Low
• Singapore Proposes Opening Law Firms to Foreign Ownership, Profit Sharing
• Gold ETF in Yuan Little Changed on First Day of Hong Kong Trade
• China Issues Rules Limiting the Use of Television Series Produced Overseas
• Indian Stocks Gain for Second Day as Inflation Eases; SBI Leads
• Immigrants Lured in Boom Lose Most in Imploding Spanish Market: Mortgages
• InterContinental Hotels 2011 Profit Advances 57%, Aided by U.S. and China
• Dreyfus Cash Management Funds Daily Values as of Feb 13, 2012.
• Jordan’s Khatib Turns Down Syria Mission Offer, Dustour Says
• BOJ Unexpectedly Adds Stimulus as It Sets 1% Target for Inflation: Economy
• European Industrial Output Declines 1.1%
• Cisco Says Mobile Data Traffic More Than Doubled as IPads Spread
• Portugal’s Fourth-Quarter GDP Drops 1.3% From Third Quarter
• Cattle Futures Rise; Wheat Prices Decline: Commodities at Close
• Nykredit to Refinance $19 Billion in Mortgage Bond Auctions
• Euro Erases 0.4 Percent Decline Versus Dollar, Extends Advance Against Yen
• Spanish, Portuguese Bonds Drop After Moody’s Cuts Ratings of Six Nations
• Indonesia’s Kharisma Sells 4,000 Tons of Palm Oil
• Thailand Stocks: Group Lease, IRPC, Laguna, Thai Capital Corp.
• Wheat Shipments From Australia Seen at Record as Harvest Gains on Weather
• Moody’s Affirms Rating for Europe’s Temporary Bailout Fund
• Gulf Air to Stop Flights to 4 Cities for Commercial Reasons
• Lukoil to Spend $29 Billion on North Caspian Oil, Interfax Says
• UBS Contingent Capital Notes Said to Yield About 7.5%
• Norges Bank Dilemma Pits House Debt Against Krone Headache
• Mondi Rallies to Six-Month High After Saying 2011 Profit Rose
• Chandra Asri Said to Seek More Bank Participation in Loan
• Hampson Falls as Boeing Tooling Supplier Puts Itself Up for Sale
• Carlsberg Looking for Acquisitions to Expand in Asia as Europe Stagnates
• Cargill Hires Banks in Asia for $1 Billion Credit Facility
• Siemens, Toshiba, Hitachi Lose EU Court Appeal Over Czech Antitrust Fines
• Fed to Decide ‘Soon’ on Capital One-ING Deal After Eight Months of Delays
• Egypt Minister Says U.S. Used NGOs to Sow Chaos, Ahram Says
• Crude Oil Futures Erase Loss in New York, Trades at Highest in Two Weeks
• Turkish Lira Drops Fourth Day as Loose Policy Trumps Carry Trade
• Komercni Banka Drops After Moody’s Downgrades Six Euro Nations
• Indonesian Equity Movers: Agung Podomoro Land, Astra Agro, Vale
• INA of Croatia’s 2011 Net Almost Doubles to 1.81 Billion Kuna
• Bank of East Asia Falls as Profit Misses Analyst Estimate: Hong Kong Mover
• News of the World’s Thurlbeck Named Hackers to Save His Job
• Qassim Cement Surges to Three-Year High After Raising Dividend
• Lithuanian Inflation Rate Unchanged at 3.4% in January
• Taiwan’s Dollar Retreats, Bonds Advance After Europe Ratings Cut
• China Money Rate Rises Before Smaller Banks’ Reserves Payments
• CEZ Is Probed in Albania for Alleged Fraud, Balkaninsight Says
• Lithuanian Remittances Increased to 3.8% of GDP in 2011, LR Says
• Asian Stocks Pare Losses as BOJ Expands Stimulus After European Downgrades
• Chinese Hackers Had Years of Access to Nortel Computers, Journal Reports
• ASML Will ‘Fundamentally’ Review Executive Remuneration
• Alcatel-Lucent Seen as Leader in Wireless Capacity Fight: Tech
• Baht Declines as Moody’s Europe Downgrades Deter Risk-Taking
• German Stocks Recover From Earlier Losses; DAX Index Is Little Changed
• Vietnam Bonds Rise, Driving Yields to 10-Month Low; Dong Steady
• Ukraine’s Dneprovsky to Upgrade Rolled-Steel Unit, Izvestia Says
• Indonesian Rupiah Weakens on European Downgrades; Bonds Advance
• Vinacomin in Talks to Sell Alumina to Chalco, Marubeni This Year
• Sri Lanka Doesn’t Need to Raise Rates Further, Cabraal Says
• UBS Said to Sell Contingent Capital Notes in Dollars This Week
• Spike in JGB Futures Not Caused by Mistaken Order, Tokyo Exchange Says
• Asia Currencies Drop, Led by Ringgit, as Moody’s Cuts Italy, Spain Ratings
• Tupras 2011 Sales Rose 6.7%, Output Climbed 8.4%
• Swedbank Plans to Cut Costs After Profit Slumps
• Russian Stocks Fluctuate as Crude Drops on Europe Debt Concern
• Patrizia Immobilien Shares Gain on Approval for LBBW Deal: Frankfurt Mover
• Tepco Bailout Fund Starts Steps to Raise Up to 2 Trillion Yen
• China Stocks: Conba, Hongli Opto-electronic, Pudong Bank
• BOE’s King Set to Give Clues on Stimulus
• Polish Insurer Europa Starts Working in Ukraine, Kommersant Says
• Oil Drops From Five-Week High on U.S Stockpiles, European Debt Downgrade
• Moody’s Says Spain May Miss Budget Goal, Banks May Need Support
• Lloyd’s Says Thai Floods May Cost It $2.2B
• Cleop Says Holding Talks With Creditors to Refinance Debt
• Fed’s Williams Says U.S. Monetary Policy Throttle Should Be Kept Wide Open
• Copper Falls as Moody’s Downgrades European Nations: LME Preview
• Philippine Stocks: Active Alliance, Ayala, BDO Bank, Geograce
• Osborne Pressured to Deliver Growth as Moody’s U.K. Outlook Turns Negative
• China’s Stocks Decline Most in Week on Economic Outlook, European Concerns
• Hungary Sees IMF Bailout Deal in First Quarter, Origo Reports
• MILDEX OPTICAL January Sales Rise 53.31% (Table) : 4729 TT
• Conba Pharma Advances on Approval for New Drug Technology: Shanghai Mover
• Putin Government May Scrap Ban on Drunk Driving, Kommersant Says
• Polkomtel May Cooperate With Spain’s Telefonica, Puls Reports
• LG Electronics Climbs to 8-Month High on Outlook for Earnings: Seoul Mover
• Telkom Drops to Lowest Since 2003 on Report of $454 Million Antitrust Fine
• Apple Says Fair Labor Association Began Foxconn Inspection
• Deutsche Boerse Failed Merger Costs EU113 Million, Boersen Says
• Saudi Gosi, Pension Fund Invest in Al Safwa Cement, Riyadh Says
• Hungary May Scrap Flat Tax This Year for Aid, Nepszabadsag Says
• Chevron-Led Kazakh Oil Venture Plans $6 Billion Drilling Program
• Merck KGaG Doesn’t Expect Erbitux Lung Tumor Approval, FTD Says
• Vietnam’s Stocks: Ca Mau Trading, Phuc Tien Trade, VietinBank
• Emerging-Market Stocks Decline on Europe Debt Concern After Moody’s Cuts
• South Korean Won Declines, Bonds Rise as Moody’s Cuts Europe Ratings
• Japan Stocks Reverse Losses as BOJ Expands Asset Purchases to Spur Growth
• Fidelity, Vanguard, Pimco Say U.S. Inflation Will Be Contained in 2012
• New LNG Supply May Flood Gas Market by 2018, Bernstein Says
• PepsiCo Renames Quaker Oats for Sales in Russia, Vedomosti Says
• China Copper Imports May Remain Robust on Stock Build
• Airbus Chief Sees Trade-War Risk in EU Carbon Tax, Figaro Says
• Iran May Disrupt Hormuz Shipping, Supporting Oil Price, S&P Says
• TV Azteca Dropped by Mexico Cable Carriers Over Pricing Dispute
• Air Mauritius Posts Third-Quarter Loss; Warns on Full-Year
• Chinese Regulator Reviewing Application for Mainland’s First H-Share ETF
• China Starts System to Raise Data Accuracy, Statistics Head Says
• Taiwan Stocks: E Ink, Hon Hai Precision, Nanya Technology Corp.
• U.S. Farmers to Plant Most Corn Acres Since 1944, USDA Says
• Israeli Bomb Assertion Is Part of Campaign, Iran’s Press TV Says
• Google Wins U.S. Antitrust Approval to Buy Motorola Mobility
• Santorum Draws Even With Romney in Poll Showing Both Men Trailing Obama
• TurboTax Offers Live Tax Advice to Lure Clients From H&R Block
• Facebook Law Firm Fenwick & West Wins SEC Exemption on Shares Distribution
• BP Must Face Investors’ Fraud Claims Spurred by Gulf Oil Spill
• Florida Measure May Send More Inmates to Private Prisons Than in Any State
• Avon Said to Plan Global Restructuring
• Ex-LBO Lawyer Sees $30,000 Suit for Bankers, LeBron: Interview
• Chocolatier Gets Rich Chasing Best Beans for Monroe Lips, Frogs
• New York’s Smallest Planes Dwindle as Delta Hub Speeds Turboprop Era’s End
• Calpers’s Dear Calls Private Equity Tax Break ‘Indefensible’
• California’s $3 Billion Bond, Note Sale Is Poised to End Months of Drought
• Randy Moss Marks 35th Birthday by Saying He’s Ready to End NFL Retirement
• Carmelo Anthony Calls Lin’s Play a ‘Dream Come True’ Before Knicks Return
• Apple Apps Remain Developers’ Favorite Even as Android Spreads
• Sprint Nextel Boosts Employee Bonuses by Excluding Cost of Apple IPhones
• Washington Legalizes Gay Marriage, Extending Patchwork of States
• Drugmaker Rebates Would Rise $156B in Obama Budget
• Syracuse Saves $500,000 as Warm Winter Keeps Snowiest City’s Plows in Shed
• Retail Sales in U.S. Likely Rose in January
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (GEM) Recorded 02/14/2012 (Tabl
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 02/14/201
• Former San Francisco 49ers Wide Receiver Solomon Dies of Cancer at Age 59
• Glickenhaus Escaping Wall Street With One-of-a-Kind Ferrari P4/5
• Syracuse Edges Louisville to Extend Streak to 6 Games, Kansas, Baylor Win
• Deutsche Boerse, L’Oreal, Santander: European Equity Preview
• Dividend Stocks Poised to Shed Laggard Status: Chart of the Day
• Aircraft Fires Tied to Lithium-Battery Cargo Prompt New UN Rule
• CFTC May Move Enforcement Staff to Dodd-Frank Oversight Roles
• Business Mailers Rankled by Obama Call to End Saturday Delivery
• Congress Heads Into Transportation Debate Without Obama Proposal