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February 16, 2012

• China’s Xi Warms Up for Lakers Basketball Game by Touring Los Angeles Port
• Mobile TeleSystems May Buy Tascom WiFi Network, Vedomosti Says
• Hana Wins Support of KEB Staff After Takeover, Averting Strike
• Bank of East Asia’s China Unit Wins Approval for Dim Sum Bonds
• Empresas Polar Affiliate Files Arbitration Against Venezuela
• India’s BSE and NSE Equity Derivative Market Activity
• Transaero to Order Six Sukhoi Superjets, Kommersant Reports
• Baidu Sees Strong Growth in Demand for Mobile Search in China, CEO Li Says
• Goldman Said to Delay Samurai Bond on Downgrade Review
• Tang Refuses Calls to Quit H.K. Chief Bid
• Tang Refuses Calls to Quit H.K. Chief Bid
• Singapore Exports Drop Adds to Signs of European Crisis Fallout: Economy
• Gillard Urged to Copy Bernanke as Australia’s Lenders Squeezed: Mortgages
• Rostelecom to Gain 100% in Pay TV Operator NTK, Kommersant Says
• Reliance, BP Said to Win Indian Approval to Develop Gas Find
• Brown Leads Harvard’s Warren by 9% in Massachusetts Senate Race, Poll Says
• Global Funds Buy Net 6.79 Billion Rupees of Indian Derivatives
• Philippine Peso Strengthens After Inflow Report; Bonds Advance
• U.S. Gas Low Enough to Boost Switch From Coal, Goldman Says
• Chinese Villagers Protest Land Sales, Legal Daily Reports
• Coal India May Revive Fuel Imports to Comply With Prime Minister’s Order
• Insurance Agents in New York and Florida Charged in $100 Million Fraud
• Cushman & Wakefield, Credit Suisse Sued by Tim Blixseth
• Cheung Kong Said to Sell $300 Million of Perpetual Bonds After Sale Delay
• Baht Gains on Fund Inflows to Stocks, Bonds Amid Greece Optimism
• Stanford Operations Were Run by CFO, Not ‘Absent’ Boss, Manager Testifies
• Brazil Plans to Scale Back Taxes Increase on Imported Vehicles
• Pao de Acucar’s Net Income Beats Forecasts on Sales, Margins
• U.S. Says Rajaratnam and Gupta Lawyers May Be Sharing Memos
• U.S. Volcker Rule Could Hurt Liquidity, Bipartisan Senators Say
• Japanese Yen Slides Against All 16 Major Peers as Asian Stocks Advance
• Bond-Buying Surprise Fails to Convince as Japan Seen Missing on Price Goal
• Clearwire Falls After Sales Forecast Misses Estimates
• Asia-Pacific Bond Risk Falls, Credit-Default Swap Prices Show
• SIPC Tells Federal Judge Stanford Investments Aren’t Eligible for Payouts
• Thailand May Say Economy Shrank After Flooding Shut Honda, Canon Factories
• EOG Resources Net Income Rises on Higher Petroleum Output
• Euro May Fall to Lowest in Two Years on ‘Bear Trend’: Technical Analysis
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Butler Appeals Fraud Sentencing
• South Korea Equity Movers: Korea Aerospace, Woori Finance
• White House Agreement on Solyndra Testimony Averts Subpoenas
• Gazprom Chases China as Europe Demand Falters: Russia Overnight
• As Labor Market Thaws, Don't Dismiss Your Gen X Talent
• How 3 Myths Drive Europe’s Response to Debt Crisis: Harald Uhlig
• Baidu Profit Tops Estimates Amid Higher Ad Spending in China
• U.S. House Panel Approves Measure Limiting Swaps ‘Push-Out’
• Obama Should Decline to Nominate the Next World Bank Boss: View
• UTair to Build Peru Helicopter Maintenance Center, Andina Says
• French Candidates Need to Keep Focus on Europe’s Crisis: View
• Why Mobile Shoppers Want Real-World Stores: Richard E. Wilson
• U.K. Health-Cost Agency Asks Roche for More Lung-Tumor Drug Data
• U.K. Retailers Boost Cash Reserves on Slowing Economy, BRC Says
• Republicans Are Unprotected on Contraception: Jonathan Alter
• How the U.S.-Iran Standoff Looks From Iran: Hossein Mousavian
• Virgin Sees Monopoly Threat From IAG-BMI Deal
• Running for President? No Experience Necessary: Michael Kinsley
• ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Splashes Up Storm of Dance: London Stage
• Royal Adultery Movie Battles Hate-Crime Story for Berlin Prize
• Larger Turbines May Help China’s Wind Developers, Ming Yang Says
• Andy Warhol’s Fontana Painting Boosts $9 Million London Auction
• Apple’s Stock May Not Be as Cheap as It Looks: Jonathan Weil
• U.S. Lawmakers Challenge SEC on Wording in Conflict-Mineral Rule
• Buffett’s Burlington Northern Deal Is Focus of U.S. Hearing
• California Diesel Rises on Refinery Maintenance, Inventory Drop
• Avaya Is Said to Plan $1 Billion IPO for as Soon as April
• Chrysler Pulls Application for U.S. Loans as Carmaker’s Financials Improve
• N.Z. Dollar Rises as Bollard Says Economic Performance May Be Understated
• Queensland, Victoria Boost Debt Sales This Month as Spreads Drop From High
• Manchester City Rallies to Beat Porto in Europa League; United Downs Ajax
• Texas Border Farmland Idled After Violence, Commissioner Says
• Japan Stock Futures, Australia Shares Rise on U.S. Outlook, Greece Bailout
• Mexico Peso Rises as U.S. Economic Reports Fuel Export Optimism
• Apple, Android Apps Must Provide More Child Data, FTC Says
• Norway’s Olsen Says Is Monitoring Krone
• Honduras Prison Fire That Killed 350 Is Blamed on Crackdown Against Gangs
• Victim Funds for Sept. 11 Attacks Should Cover Cancer, Advisory Panel Says
• Washington Pension Plan Agrees to Invest $400 Million in KKR Asia Fund
• Madoff Trustee May Struggle to Undo HSBC Ruling, Lawyers Say
• Argentina Fourth-Quarter Capital Flight Falls to $3.3 Billion on Controls
• Protalix Slides on Gaucher Drug Delay Concerns: Israel Overnight
• SecondMarket Expands to Bank Shares in Wake of Facebook IPO
• CFTC Sets Final Vote on Dodd-Frank Swap-Dealer Rule for Feb. 23
• ‘Worrisome’ Arsenic Level Found in Baby Formula, Study Finds
• Ethanol Snaps Two-Day Losing Streak on Higher Production Costs
• MIT’s First Woman President Susan Hockfield to Step Down
• Amazon Shares Fall After Downgrade
• ETF Rises to One-Week High on Easing Prospects: China Overnight
• Icahn Offers to Buy CVR Energy in at Least $2.6 Billion Deal
• Canadian Currency Strengthens From February’s Low on U.S. Economy, Greece
• Euro Declines to Three-Week Low on Greece Debt Concern; Dollar Strengthens
• Yelp Sees Offering Shares at $12 to $14 Each in IPO of User-Review Website
• Amazon Passes Samsung for No. 2 Spot in Tablets Behind Apple
• BP Won’t Face Questions About Post-Spill Probe, Judge Says
• Treasuries Decline After Jobless Claims Report, TIPS Auction Demand Wanes
• Decade of ‘Stocks Stink’ Boosts Alternatives, Steinmetz Says
• Taymor to Get ‘Spider-Man’ Royalties as Producers Settle
• Morgan Stanley, UBS, Goldman May Be Cut in Moody’s Review
• Emerging Stocks Drop Most This Week as Greece Delay Dims Outlook
• WaMu Creditor Group to Switch Vote and Back Bankruptcy Plan, Lawyers Say
• U.S. Municipal-Debt Funds Add $1.05 Billion in Past Week, Lipper Data Show
• New Jersey Democrats Send Christie Gay-Marriage Bill He Promises to Veto
• Bank Mortgage Probes Will Proceed, New York and Delaware Say
• Bank of America Seeks to Block CEO Deposition in MBIA Suit
• Tesla’s Musk Targets Second-Half Sales Boost With Model S Sedan
• Zynga Plans Promotions to Curb Facebook Need
• Gasoline Rises to Six-Month High on Refinery Outages
• Agnico-Eagle Swings to Loss After Canadian Gold Mine Writedown
• Advance America Surges on Mexican Billionaire’s $655 Million Takeover Bid
• Gunmen Free 118 Inmates in Nigerian Prison Attack, Kill One
• UN Symbolically Censures Syria’s Assad
• Napolitano Counters Industry on Cost of Cybersecurity Bill
• Continental Rises to Record on Bakken Oil Prices: Houston Mover
• Duke Energy Fourth-Quarter Profit Fell 33% on Milder Weather
• DirecTV Profit Increases 16% as User Gains in Latin America Rise to Record
• Brent Oil Call Option Volumes Surge as Iran Risk Intensifies
• Peru Stocks: Buenaventura, Pomalca, Relapasa, Southern Copper
• U.S. Stock Futures Drop as Moody’s Reviews Global Banks
• Health-Care Law May Mean Other Buying Mandates, Clement Says
• Build-A-Bear, Cabela’s, GeoEye, Stifel: U.S. Equity Movers
• Nordstrom’s 2012 Profit Forecast Trails Analysts’ Estimates; Shares Fall
• GM Earns Record Net Income While Fixing Opel Will Take Longer
• ConocoPhillips to Exit Vietnam, Sell Assets to Perenco for $1.29 Billion
• Leap Rises on Reports of AT&T Acquisition Talks: San Diego Mover
• Discovery Communications Quarterly Profit Rises 76% as Ad Sales Increase
• Asurion Term Loan That Funded Dividend Rises After First Trades
• Stocks in U.S. Rally on Economy as Euro Climbs on Greece Bailout Progress
• Vale Advances 0.7 Percent in Sao Paulo, Reversing Earlier Slide
• Mexico Studying Bankruptcy Laws on Intercompany Debts Following Vitro Case
• Carlyle Said to Lower Fees for New Buyout Fund in Advance of IPO
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for February 16
• Israel Shouldn’t Act Alone on Iran, Panetta, De Maiziere Say
• Ultra Petroleum Cuts New Drilling Spending by Half: Dallas Mover
• Colombia Exports Rose 43% in December From Year Ago
• Baden-Wuerttemberg Starts Arbitration Process Over EnBW Price
• Energy Transfer Settles With Missouri on Southern Union Deal
• Huntsman May Relocate Some Capacity to U.S. After Gas-Price Drop
• Pfizer, Mylan Settle With Sanofi Over Epinephrine Injector
• Drop in Jobless Claims Points to Spending Gains
• Variable Annuities End Streak of Gains as MetLife Retreats
• Oil Rises to Six-Week High on Greece Optimism, Drop in U.S. Jobless Claims
• Petrobras Finishes Collecting Oil From Campos Spill
• Midwest Farmland Prices Rise at Fastest Pace Since ’76, Fed Says
• Manchester United’s Valencia to Miss Month With Hamstring Injury
• Foreclosure Rentals to Create 1.8 Million U.S. Jobs, Morgan Stanley Says
• Chilean Stocks: Molymet, Quinenco and Sud Americana de Vapores
• Coast Guard Opens Intracoastal Waterway Near Corpus Christi
• Corn Futures Rebound on U.S. Export Gain; Soybeans Drop; Wheat Advances
• Chicago Gasoline Strengthens From Record Low With Sellers Scarce
• Environmentalists to Contest NRC License for Southern’s Reactors
• Air Marshals’ Cost, Effectiveness Questioned by U.S. House
• Brazil Stock Movers: Natura, Telefonica Brasil, Ultrapar, Vale
• RDQ’s Ryding Calls Bernanke’s 2014 Low-Rate Pledge Misguided: Tom Keene
• Germany’s SPD Would Back Lifting Wulff’s Immunity, Passauer Says
• Fidelity Names Ameriprise’s Jones as Head of Institutional Unit
• Gold Futures Rebound, Silver Pares Loss After Dollar Weakens Against Euro
• Mutual Funds Group Calls Financial Advisers to Fight Money Fund Proposals
• Underwear Bomber Abdulmutallab Sentenced to Life in Prison
• Apple Faces Fight in China as Proview Asks Retailers to Stop Selling IPads
• 10Q: How AES Captures and Stores the Wind
• Cotlook Forecasts Cotton Surplus of 1.9 Million Tons for 2012-13
• Can Romney's Money Stop Santorum's Momentum? The Ticker
• Icahn Pushing CVR Sale Means $1 Billion for Investors: Real M&A
• Hannover Prosecutor Requests to Lift German President’s Immunity
• Iran’s Nuclear Breakthrough Called ‘Hype’ by U.S. as Crude Oil Price Gains
• Belize’s Credit Rating Cut One Level to Caa1 by Moody’s
• Bogle: Tax Break for PE Firms ‘Ridiculous’
• Oil Options Volatility Falls as Crude Rises to Six-Week High
• Hezbollah Leader Says Group Not Involved in Bombings of Israelis
• Treasury Inflation Bond Demand Eases With Yields at an Auction Record Low
• Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes, Drapkin Drop Claims Against Each Other
• Fed’s Bond-Buy Talk Already Boosting Mortgage Debt, Scott Says: Tom Keene
• Lin’s All-Star Presence Possible With Shumpert Competing in Dunk Contest
• House-Senate Negotiators Announce Payroll Deal Completed
• Icahn Offers CVR Energy Holders $30 a Share
• Investors Who Say Europe's Economy Is Deteriorating: 79%
• Europe Said to Weigh ECB Role to Narrow Gap in Financing for Greek Bailout
• Icade Full-Year Earnings Rise as French Home Completions Surge
• Russia to Investigate Independent TV Channel Dozhd, FT Says
• Microchip Implant Makes Remote-Controlled Drug Delivery Possible
• DNA Robots Programmed to Kill Cancer Cells, Harvard Study Shows
• Women With HIV Can Safely Use Hormonal Birth Control, WHO Says
• Fed Dealer Survey Shows Declining Chance Central Bank Will Buy More Bonds
• When Merger Suits Enrich Only Lawyers
• What's in a Name? A Lot if It's Lin: The Ticker
• Don't Dismiss Your Gen X Talent
• Mexico Stocks: Soriana, Wal-Mart de Mexico, Elektra Advance
• California Overstates Fiscal Relief From Carbon Fees, Study Says
• CPFB to Oversee Debt Collectors, Credit Bureaus
• Robusta Premium Slides 21% as Vietnam May Be Selling After Rally
• Why Book Publishing Can Survive Digital Age: Echoes
• Lanxess Rejects Evonik Merger, Financial Times Deutschland Says
• Pennsylvania Capital Taps Guernsey’s to Auction Wild West Relics
• Norges Bank’s Olsen Urges Spending Cuts as Oil Wealth Grows
• Sun Life CEO Says Investors Will Get ‘Sharper Focus’ Next Month
• Italian Bonds Rise on Greece Optimism as Spain Auctions Notes; Bunds Fall
• Iran Unlikely to Strike First, U.S. Official Says
• Chilean Peso Gains as U.S. Economic Data Bolsters Growth Outlook
• Saint-Gobain Sees Moderate Growth as Profit Misses Estimates
• Walmex Advances After Credit Suisse Upgrade: Mexico City Mover
• Gerdau Profit Beats Estimates as Sales Rise in Brazil, U.S.
• J&J’s Risperdal Wasn’t Factor in Man’s Diabetes, Jury Rules
• Argentine Stocks: Banco Macro, Grupo Galicia Gain After Earnings
• Axa Second-Half Net Falls 82% on Greece, U.S. Goodwill Cost
• Australian Dollar Advances on Payrolls Increase, Greece Bailout Optimism
• Travelers Workforce Drops by 1,400 as Insurer’s Profit Slumps
• Cameron Will Consider Giving Scotland Greater Powers Only After Referendum
• San Francisco Bay Area Home Sales Increase to Five-Year High for a January
• Morgan Stanley’s Roach Retiring to Focus on Scholarly Work
• Azerbaijan’s Economy Expanded 1.2% From Year Earlier in January
• Brazil’s Airports Face ’Demons of Privatization’: Dom Phillips
• California Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Computers to Iran
• Zimbabwe Denies Human Rights Abuses at Marange Diamond Fields
• Corio Plans Fivefold Rise in Asset Sales to Finance Development Projects
• Work Stalls at NYC World Trade Center Site as Steel Beams Fall 40 Stories
• Syncrude Discount to WTI Widens Most on Record as Enbridge Shuts Two Lines
• Zimbabwe Sold $30 Million in Diamonds After Kimberley Approval
• China’s Housing Market in ‘Mother of All Bubbles,’ Grantham, Mayo Says
• FERC Decides Against Revising Policy in U.S. Utility Mergers
• SPX Seeks Flow-Control Acquisitions With $1 Billion Cash Stash
• Est. 3,500 Somalis Working as Pirates: UN
• SocGen Fourth-Quarter Net Drops 89% on Investment Bank Loss
• AIG’s ILFC Said to Set Rate on $900 Million Loan to Repay Debt
• Deutsche Telekom Said to Weigh Exit Options for U.K. Venture
• Caterpillar’s MWM Sees Rise in Clean Engines Amid Nuclear Woes
• African Barrick Slumps a Record as Profit Falls, Output Target
• New York Deal on Teacher Evaluations May Save $700 Million in U.S. Funds
• California May Benefit From ‘Pent-Up Demand’ for Debt, Wells Capital Says
• Peru Yields Fall First Time in 3 Days as Growth Beats Forecasts
• Canadian Gas Advances as Inventories Decline Less Than Estimates
• Vanguard’s Kinniry Says Active Management Fees Have to Fall
• Boehner’s Take-It-to-the-Bank Resolve on U.S. Tax Cut Fizzles in 78 Days
• Ecuador in Talks for $1.7 Billion Loan From China, Correa Says
• Obama's Traveling Tax-Break Show: The Ticker
• Greek Police Publish Names, Photos of Five Alleged Rioters
• BTA Ex-Chairman Ablyazov Gets 22 Months for Contempt After Hiding Assets
• Hungary May Use Takarekbank to Create Farm Lender, Hvg.hu Says
• Swiss Stocks Rise as Nestle Climbs on Better-Than-Forecast Sales
• PPR Confident of 2012 Sales Growth After Gucci Slowdown in Fourth Quarter
• Mondi Bids $360 Million to Take Full Control of Polish Unit
• Kenya’s Shilling Weakens Second Day as Uganda Currency Slides
• Brazilian Economy Expanded at Second-Slowest Pace Since 2003 Last Year
• Ukraine to Repay Debts, May Delay Eurobond, Pakhatyuk Says
• Hellas Telecommunications Files Chapter 15 Bankruptcy to Halt Lawsuits
• Potomac Gap Shows Court Foreclosures Delay Housing Recovery
• U.S. Calls for Ban on In-Car Facebook, Twitter While Driving
• Technip Quarterly Net Rises 33% as Oil Projects Spur Growth
• Corio Full-Year Earnings Rise as Acquisitions Boost Rent Income
• European Stocks Are Little Changed as U.S. Data Outweigh Greece
• Novozymes Targets Top of Sales Range on Enzymes’s Growth
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for February 16
• Bank Shares Fall as Spain Regulator Lifts Short-Selling Ban
• Expired U.S. Business Tax Breaks May Stay in Limbo Past Election
• Polish Stocks: GTC, KGHM, Mondi Swiecie, TVN Move in Warsaw
• ECB Swapping Greek Bonds for New Bonds: Welt
• Swedish Krona Falls to Two-Week Low Versus Dollar After Interest-Rate Cut
• Mexico to Leave Interest Rates Unchanged in 2012, Barclays Says
• EU Asks for 115.2 Million Euros in ‘Unduly Spent’ Farm Subsidies
• U.K. Stocks Retreat for a Third Day as BAE Systems Slides
• Vale Drops to Two-Week Low After Net Misses Estimates: Rio Mover
• Nestle Forecasts 2012 Earnings Gain
• Gasoline Tanker Glut Set to Reach 19-Week High, Survey Shows
• China’s NetEase.com Drops Most in Eight Weeks on Profit Outlook
• Telenet Sees Stable Cash Generation, Will Pay First Dividend
• Hungary Stocks: OTP Bank, FHB Are Active in Budapest Trading
• St. John’s Fires Associate Athletic Director for Red Storm Ticket Scalping
• Turkish Stocks: Afyon Cimento, Arcelik, Halkbank, Kardemir Move
• DirecTV Profit Increases 16% as User Gains in Latin America Rise to Record
• Country Bird Falls as Strike Cuts Profit: Johannesburg Mover
• South Africa Sends Army to End Rioting at Largest Platinum Mine
• Fashion Week Scene: Elettra Wiedemann, Russell Simmons, Nemcova
• Syria Slammed by UN Chief Ban Over ‘Torture Centers’ Before Censure Vote
• Russian Sugar Exports Reach 250,000 Tons, According to Union
• Brainard Says U.S. Won’t Give More Funds to IMF for Europe
• Saudi Aramco to Re-Open Oldest Field to Tap Heavy Oil, EIU
• OPEC Shipments Increase on Libyan Production, Oil Movements Says
• Venezuela Pays Exxon $250 Million to Settle Arbitration Case
• Mercantile Soars to Record on Buyout Offer: Johannesburg Mover
• EDF Full-Year Profit Rises as French Nuclear Production Climbs
• Rangers Administrators Have Been Contacted by ‘Several’ Possible Bidders
• Wal-Mart’s Khasis Says Speculation on X5 Asset Purchase ‘Hoax’
• Komercni Tumbles to Two-Week Low as Profit, Dividend Shrink
• Default Swaps Insure $3.2 Billion of Greek Debt, DTCC Data Show
• Czech Stocks: Erste Group Bank, Komercni Banka Move in Prague
• BofA Said to Add Citigroup’s McKee for Energy Corporate Banking
• Sempra Energy Buys 300 Megawatts of California Solar, Wind Power
• Azerbaijan Says Oil, Natural-Gas Production Declined in January
• Kennedy Returns to Mass. Politics in Congress Bid
• Ruble Weakens for Third Day as Greece Bailout Delays Hit Oil
• Pernod to Be ‘Regular Bond Issuer,’ Maintain Investment Grade
• Australia’s CBD to Buy Westinghouse Solar to Enter U.S. Market
• Turkish Lira Falls to 2-Week Low as Fed-Inspired Optimism Wanes
• Argentine Power Company Edenor Names Volosin New Chief Executive
• Consumer Comfort Rises to Highest Level in Year
• Colombian Stock Movers: Ecopetrol, Rubiales, Avianca Taca
• Hungarian Forint Drops as Greek Rescue Delay Erodes Risk Taking
• Romney’s Shifting Auto Bailout Stance May Become Liability
• U.K. Stocks Resume Decline; Anglo American, BAE Systems, Man Group Slide
• South African Stocks: Anglo, AngloGold, Implats, Mondi, Mustek
• Egypt Court to Set Mubarak Verdict Date Next Week, MENA Says
• EBRD Approves Loan of $37 Million for Bosnian Road Construction
• Sub-Saharan Africa Stocks: Barclays Bank of Kenya, Equity Bank
• Euro Pares Loss Against Dollar on Optimism for Greek Bailout Compromise
• Murdoch Is Set to Face Sun Newsroom Following Arrest of Nine Journalists
• U.S. Repo Close: Current 7-Year Note at Lowest Rate, Minus 0.12%
• Belarus Trade Deficit Narrowed 43% in 2011 as EU Exports Surged
• U.S., China to Sign 5-Year Accord on Agriculture, Vilsack Says
• TRW Automotive Rises as Profit Tops Estimates on Car Output: Detroit Mover
• Iran Buys Up to 500,000 Tons of Wheat This Week, Reuters Says
• Pro-Romney PAC Uses ‘Willie Horton’ Ad Maker to Attack Rivals
• Aeroflot CEO Says Antigraft Blogger Navalny Could Help on Board
• Pick n Pay Urged to Break Ackerman Control Amid Hunt for CEO
• Spain Says $31 Billion Power-System Debt Burden Must Be Shared
• Israel Stocks: Clal Industries, Mellanox, Nice Systems, Orckit
• Iran Will Raise Crude Shipments to China ‘Soon,’ Mehr Says
• Natural-Gas Supply Probably Fell 120 Bcf, Bloomberg Users Say
• Ethiopian Rebel Group Says Army Kills 16 Civilians in Ogaden
• Greek Restructuring Suggests Good Returns, Eagan of Loomis Says
• Italian, Spanish Government Bonds Rise, Reversing Earlier Drops
• Philadelphia-Area Manufacturing Beats Forecasts as Fed Index Rises to 10.2
• Sun Life Falls as Annuities Fuel Insurer’s Quarterly Loss: Toronto Mover
• BA Parent IAG Says Taking Stake in AMR Is ‘Not on the Table’
• Diamond Monitors Barred From Zimbabwe Gem Field
• Mellanox Rises to Record, Closing Gap With U.S. Shares
• Ecopetrol Profit Rising 64% Beats Estimates as Output Gains
• Soybeans Called to Open Lower on Brazil Rainfall; Corn, Wheat May Decline
• Mortgage Delinquencies in U.S. Decline as Employment Market Improves
• U.S. February Philadelphia Business Outlook Report (Text)
• Frankfurt Airport Says Strike May Hamper Some Flights
• Mortgage Rates for 30-Year U.S. Fixed Loans Unchanged at Record-Low 3.87%
• Spain Says Slump May Deepen in 2012 in Relapse to Recession
• Ukraine Seen Re-Seeding Less Winter Grain Than Official Estimate
• WaMu Starts Court Hearing on $7 Billion Bankruptcy Plan
• Fed’s Kamin Says European Crisis Hurts U.S. Exports, Confidence
• Two Golden Eagles Found Dead at California Wind Farm: L.A. Times
• Italy Needs to Boost Services for Working Mothers, Fornero Says
• Irish Banks Reach Almost Half of End-2013 Deleveraging Target
• Nvidia Falls as Forecast Trails Estimates: San Francisco Mover
• Facebook’s Implied Value Slips to $98 Billion in Private Market Trading
• Nigeria’s Cocoa Output Threatened by Shortage of Insecticide
• RwandAir Passenger Numbers Doubled in January Amid Expansion
• Priests for Life Group Sues U.S Over Contraception Mandate
• January Wholesale Prices in U.S. Rise 0.1%
• ‘Broken Heart’ Remedy Key to BioLineRx Revenue: Israel Overnight
• Syria Extends Assault on Homs as UN General Assembly Set to Vote on Assad
• China Concerned Japan Will Miss Weapons Deadline, Xinhua Reports
• Ukraine’s MHP Says Winter Grains are Healthy, No Need to Re-Seed
• Slovenia’s NLB Bank Reports 239 Million Euros Loss in 2011
• Aflac Says It Studied Chernobyl in Assessing Japan Cancer Risk
• PetroChina Jilin Unit to Boost Output to 7.8 Million Metric Tons
• Former All-Pro Albert Haynesworth Is First Cut of Buccaneers Coach Schiano
• UN’s Ban Says Syrian Hospital ‘Torture Centers’ Must Close
• Lehman Brothers Estimates Available Creditor Cash Amounts to $18 Billion
• Conergy Says 5.3-Megawatt Solar Plant Connected to Spanish Grid
• PBOC Tells Banks Not to Hide Property Loans in Tourism Projects
• Obama's Wishful Cuts to Oil Tax Breaks: Hot off the Griddle
• Akzo Revamp Costs Rise in Push for $260 Million Profit Gain
• Petrobras Boosting Output at New Rigs to Offset Aging Fields
• Oil Fluctuates Near Five-Week High in New York, Reversing Decline of 0.9%
• Italian Guards Abord Oil Tanker Mistakenly Kill Two Indian Fishermen
• VW May Join Peugeot in Tapping European Central Bank’s Bank-Rescue Cash
• South African Rand Retreats to Two-Week Low as Metal Prices, Stocks Fall
• Vestas Proposes to Name Sony Ericsson’s Nordberg as Chairman
• Moody’s Cuts Rating for Slovenia’s NLB State-Backed Bonds
• Bernanke Says Bank Supervisors Need to Strike Delicate Balance on Lending
• Spain Aims to Avoid Funding Gaps as Regional Governments Face Redemptions
• Ex-Citigroup Trader Denies Wrongdoing in Tibor Probe
• Soybeans Drop From 20-Week High as Crisis Concerns Eclipse Chinese Buying
• Housing Starts in U.S. Rise Above Forecasts
• Chairman of Argentine Power Companies Edesa and Edelar Resigns
• U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook for Feb. 16 to May 2012 (Text)
• U.S. Drought Monitor Report for the Week Ending Feb. 14 (Text)
• Greek Conflicts Helping Delay Rescue Plan, Deutsche Bank Says
• U.S. Stock-Index Futures Trim Losses
• Treasuries Erase Gains After Jobless Claims, Housing, Inflation Reports
• Givaudan Seeks to Bottle Lady Gaga for ‘Expensive Hooker’ Scent
• UBS Immunity, RBS Ad Ban, Pentagon Capital: Compliance
• Vontobel Slumps as It Cuts Dividend, Profit Drops: Zurich Mover
• U.S. January Producer Price Index Report (Text)
• Canada December Manufacturing Sales Report (Text)
• Canada December International Securities Transactions (Text)
• Foreign Purchases of Canadian Securities Slowed in December
• Solvay Rises as Executives See Demand Recovery: Brussels Mover
• Egyptian Stocks: Lecico Egypt, Sodic and Medinet Nasr Housing
• Peru’s Economy Grew 6% in December From the Year Ago
• UBS, JPMorgan, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup in Court News
• Pay Fix Means Answering Whether CEO Is Worth $189,000 Per Hour
• Solar Shares Rally May Fizzle in ‘Flat’ 2012 Market, HSBC Says
• Proview, Sazerac, Mecca Cola: Intellectual Property
• China to Increase Average Broadband Speed to 20MB, Xinhua Says
• Former Merrill Banker Says $550,000 Fine for Einhorn Inside Tip Isn’t Fair
• Iceland Foods Owners to Help Fund CEO Walker’s Bid for Frozen Food Chain
• First Urals Cargo Said to Be Offered From Ust-Luga, New Baltic Terminal
• Norway Says Ready to Act to Prevent Financial Market Stress
• IMF Urges Serbia to Cut Spending as Deficit Exceeds Targets
• Stanleybet Says EU Ruling Shows Italy Erred Trying to Block It
• Porsche Names New SUV Macan Ahead of 2013 Market Introduction
• Barclays Kenya Jumps Most in 2 Months on Dividend: Nairobi Mover
• Equity Bank Rises 9th Day Ahead of Earnings: Nairobi Mover
• Estonia’s Ligi Says Euro Area Taking Stricter Stance on Greece
• Olam Quarterly Net Falls on One-Time Item, Demand
• Malaga to Develop 20-Megawatt Hydroelectric Plant for Peru Mine
• U.S. Energy Deputy Poneman Visits U.A.E. Oil Chief on Gulf Tour
• Implied Stock-Price Moves for U.S. Companies Reporting Results
• Renault Says Luxury Car Based on Daimler in Early Development
• UBS Is Said to Have Sought Immunity in Canadian Libor-Fixing Investigation
• Kenya’s Shilling Extends Longest Losing Streak to Over 3 Weeks
• Iberdrola Awards Siemens, Prysmian $1.6 Billion Renewables Link
• Sodic Jumps to 5-Month High on Medinet Nasr Bets: Cairo Mover
• Cameroon Cocoa Farmgate Price Advances 2.6% in Week
• Spanish Home Sellers Cut Asking Prices After New Bank Rules Are Passed
• Olympus Ex-Chairman Kikukawa Arrested With Six Others After Payment Fraud
• Tougher Ship-Fuel Sulfur Limits Endorsed by EU Parliament Panel
• Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.1% to 0.14%, ICAP Says
• Life Technologies, ‘Linsanity,’ UConn: Intellectual Property
• Ghana Rainfall Report for Cocoa Regions, Feb. 1-10
• Schneider-Ammann Says ‘Overvalued’ Swiss Franc Will Weaken
• Premium for Dubai Prompt Swaps Rises a Fourth Day; Oman Falls
• Orckit Falls Most Since 2002 in Tel Aviv on Deferral, Price Cut
• English House-Building Starts Increased 6% in Fourth Quarter
• Best Over for Lira Means Better Ahead for Economy: Turkey Credit
• Emirates NBD Falls Most This Year on Outlook After Profit Miss
• Brazil Futures Yields Decline on Inflation, Greek Debt Concern
• Italy to End Tax Breaks on Church Enterprises, Monti Says
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• Apple, Foxconn Technology CEOs Met to Discuss China Expansion, Xinhua Says
• ECB ‘Welcomes’ Spanish Bank Overhaul, Cautions on Mergers
• Sweden Abandons Rate Increases as Euro Crisis Hits Nordic Region: Economy
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• Sweden Abandons Rate Rises as Euro Crisis Hits Nordics: Economy
• Croatia to Tighten Labor Code to Keep Credit Rating, Cacic Says
• Jinchuan Gains Most in Three Months on Indonesia Speculation
• Balfour Beatty Workers Strike Can Proceed, U.K. Judge Says
• Qatari Shares Decline Most in a Month as Dividends Disappoint
• Eksportfinans Handling Betrays Political Mess That Led to Junk
• Woolworths Floor-Space Growth to Accelerate in Second Half
• Renault Outperforms Peugeot in 2011 on Growth in Deliveries Outside Europe
• Carbon Set-Aside Option Endorsed by Europe Parliament Groups
• France Joins Spain to Defy Moody’s Downgrade With $18.5 Billion Bond Sales
• Greek Orthodox Church Paid 12.6 Million Euros in Taxes in 2011
• Sri Lanka May Remove Stock Trading Limits, Exchange Chief Sellahewa Says
• EU Lawmakers Seek Annual Levy on Banks to Protect Depositors
• Hungary Should Keep Rate Unchanged Until IMF Agreement, Policy Makers Say
• Greece’s Pasok Party Supports Extension of Papademos’s Mandate
• Portugal’s Unemployment Rate Rose to 14% in the Fourth Quarter
• UniCredit Bank Austria Had 2011 Profit Defying Greek Writedown
• Orlen Starts Investor Meetings on 750 Million Zloty in Bonds
• France’s Rouen Weekly Grain Exports Fall 46% on Africa Decline
• Clifford Chance is First Foreign Law Firm to Apply for South Korean Office
• Norwegian Air Plans New York, Tokyo Flights in Long-Haul Foray
• FIFA Probes $56 Million Uruguay Trades for Soccer Stars Who Don’t Show Up
• Vietnam Bonds Rise on Bank-Demand Speculation; Dong Advances
• Samruk Mulls Aid to BTA, Awaits Debt Overhaul, Kommersant Says
• Record European Credit Rally Halted on Greek Bailout Wrangling
• Israel CPI Bond Yield Drops to 13-Month Low on Inflation Report
• Indonesia’s Kharisma 8,000 Tons of Palm Oil in Auction
• Egypt Seeks $1.2 Billion in T-Bill Sale Before Parliament Review
• Ukrainian Grain Exports Fall Due to Cold Weather
• Chelsea May Offer $35 Million for Fiorentina Striker Jovetic: Roundup
• Mechel Drops Most in a Week on Debt After Greek Bailout Delayed
• Persian Gulf Stocks: Drake & Scull of U.A.E., Kuwait’s NMTC
• France Telecom Egypt Venture Buyout to Cost $2 Billion
• EU Seeks Early-Retirement Curbs in Plan to Rein in Pension Costs
• U.K. Banks May Require Antitrust Review, OFT’s Fingleton Says
• Coal India Plunges on Penalties for Failing to Supply Nation’s Utilities
• France Telecom Said Near Deal to Boost Mobinil Stake
• Transnet to Sell Bonds, Seek Private Investors for Expansion
• Singapore Probes Potential Breaches by China Sky, Directors
• Iberdrola Cuts Power to Valencia City Hall Over Unpaid Bills
• ABB Shares Drop on Forecast for Price Pressure: Zurich Mover
• Mountain Carving Marks Kim’s Birth as North Korea Burnishes Family Legacy
• Cattle Futures Decline; Orange Juice Rises: Commodities at Close
• France Sells EU8.45 Billion in Debt at Lower Borrowing Costs
• NYSE Liffe Wants to Start Delivery Limits on London Commodities
• Global Economic Confidence Improved in First Quarter, Ifo Says
• Thailand Stocks: Big C Supercenter, Rasa Property, Sri Trang
• Mobinil Rises in Cairo on Put-Option Bets: Cairo Mover
• Spanish Three-Year Notes Stay Lower After 4.07 Billion-Euro Bond Auction
• China Faces Threat of EU Duties on Pipe Fittings, Tableware
• Volcker Rule May Harm EU Banks, Barnier Warns Bernanke, Geithner
• Cap Gemini Jumps Most in Four Months on Outlook: Paris Mover
• China Allows Argentine Corn Imports, May Rival U.S. Supply
• Egyptian Stocks: Mobinil, Orascom Telecom Media
• Koruna Weakens Third Day on Greek Rescue Delay, Czech Recession
• Nuclear Safety Chief Says Lax Rules Led to Fukushima Crisis
• Afghanistan’s Karzai Says Taliban Have Met His Team for Peace Talks
• Indonesia Stock Movers: Astra Agro Lestari, Bank Bukopin
• Egyptian Stocks Surge to 7-Month High on Mobinil
• Vestjysk Drops as State Stake Exceeds 50%: Copenhagen Mover
• Hungarian Refiner Mol Falls to Two-Week Low as Crude Declines
• Dubai Plans to Prove ‘Everybody Wrong’ as $3.25 Billion in Repayments Loom
• Iran Envoy Says IAEA Must Disprove Aiding Scientist Murders
• Rupiah Drops a Third Day on Greek Bailout Delay; Bonds Decline
• ECB Says Forecasters See Euro Economy Contracting This Year
• Yuan Forwards Decline on PBOC’s Weaker Fixing, Greek Aid Decision Delay
• Nigeria Cuts Budget Spending Plan for 2012, Thisday Reports
• Zurich Financial Profit Drops 46% on Thai Floods, Tax Rate
• Barclays Starts U.K. Mobile Phones Service to Transfer Money
• Pernod Raises Annual Forecast After Gains
• China May Become World’s Biggest Gold User, Beating India
• BAE Profit Falls on Lower Vehicle Sales
• Hong Kong Stocks Fall on Greek Bailout Delay, China Investment
• ECB Monthly Bulletin Editorial for February (Text)
• Erste Group Leads Czech Stock Rout on Moody’s Downgrade Warning
• Crude Oil Falls From Five-Week High in New York as Euro, Equities Decline
• Lynas Can’t Yet Start Importing Rare Earth to Malaysia
• Twelve EU States Call for Strong Policy to Help Poorer Regions
• Hong Kong’s Enhanced Investment Products Lists Synthetic ETFs
• Japan Bank Lobby May Act After Tibor-Fixing Probe, Nagayasu Says
• Jaiz of Nigeria Opens 3 Islamic Bank Branches, Vanguard Says
• Russian Economy Set to Slow on Lending Curbs, Capital Outflows, S&P Says
• Ladbrokes CEO Says Digital Growth Gives Confidence for 2012
• Taiwan Dollar Falls as Europe Delays Decision on Greek Bailout
• Asian Stocks Fall on Greece Bailout Delay, Westpac Earnings
• Hillary Clinton Is Said to Rival Summers as Contender to Lead World Bank
• Telekom Slovenije Violated Competition Rules, Regulator Says
• Biggest Mining Deals No Promise of Xstrata Bonanza: Commodities
• China 2012 Plan May Target Growth Below 8%, State Economist Fan Predicts
• SocGen Profit Drops After Investment Bank Reports First Loss in Two Years
• Dexia Cuts Bullish Stock Bet as Europe Policy Initiative Weakens
• Kuwait Markets Authority Delists Nine Companies, Qabas Reports
• Zambia, Zimbabwe Agree to Build Hydropower Plant, Newsday Says
• Tasweeq Signs Supply Deal With PetroVietnam, Gulf Times Says
• China Says Next World Bank Chief Should Be Chosen Based on Merit
• Banks’ Dollar Funding Costs Decline for Second Day in Europe
• Japan Keeps Economic Assessment Unchanged After Economy Shrinks
• China Solar Silicon Production Curbed 30% to Lift Prices: Energy
• Slovenia’s Societe Generale Unit Had 24.4 Million Euros Profit
• Philippine Peso Drops as Greece Aid Talks Delayed; Bonds Advance
• Halkbank Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises to 504.3 Million Liras
• China Stocks Drop Most in Week as FDI Slump Adds to Concerns About Economy
• Copper Tumbles to Three-Week Low as Industrial Metals Decline
• Italian 10-Year Government Bonds Extend Drop; Yield Jumps to 5.91 Percent
• Alibaba Said to Agree on Terms for $3 Billion Loan This Week
• Renault, Fiat Pace European Car-Sales Drop as Demand Stalls
• Deutsche Bank Structured Products Head Chris Lee Leaves Firm
• Solvay Earnings Miss Analyst Estimates on Plastics Cutbacks
• Singapore’s Fuel Stockpiles Fall 0.8% From Last Week
• Related Starts $350 Million Residential Project in Santa Monica
• Czech Inflation Quickens to Fastest in 3 Years on Tax Increase
• Singapore Middle Distillate Stockpiles Rise to Three-Month High
• Iranian Bombing Suspects Targeted Israeli Diplomats, Thailand Police Say
• India’s Top Court Quashes Ansaldo Venture Bid for NTPC Contract
• KGHM, Komercni, Rompetrol, OTP: Central Europe Equity Preview
• Oil Trades Near 5-Week High After Mehr Says Iran to Cut Exports to Europe
• China Stocks: Dongfeng Printing, Huayi Brothers, Pangang Steel
• Japan, Mozambique to Cooperate on Oil, Gas, Coal Development
• H&M’s Sales in Greece Rise 18% in 12 Months, Kathimerini Reports
• Hungary Ruling Party Snaps 5 Months of Declines, Ipsos Poll Says
• Chinese Move to Wealth Products May Undermine Bank Stability
• Spain Rules Out Green Levy on Gasoline, El Economista Reports
• Greek Budget Controls Pushed as Europe Struggles to Complete Bailout Plan
• Kabel Deutschland Sees Net Income ’Significantly’ Exceeding EU100 Million
• Spanish-German 10-Year Bond Yield Spread Widens to Most Since Jan. 20
• German 10-Year Government Bonds Rise for Third Day; Yield Drops to 1.83%
• Czech Premier Foresees No GDP Rebound Before July, Pravo Reports
• Emaar Economic City, Al Rajhi Sign 30-Year Lease, Al Bayan Says
• Jiangxi Copper Shares Drop on Lower Metal Prices: Beijing Mover
• Crude Declines in New York, Erasing Part of Yesterday’s 1.1% Advance
• Impala Platinum Earnings Climb 67% in First Half as Metal Prices Advance
• Japan Stocks Fall on Greek Bailout Delay; Easing Yen Curbs Slide
• Rusal Drops in Moscow as Aluminum Prices Fall to One-Month Low
• Elpida’s Failure May Push Chip Industry Closer to Oligopoly
• Givaudan Plans Further Price Increases After Profit Margin Drops
• Xi Visits Iowa for '80s Reunion Bearing China Gifts for Cargill
• Western Areas Says Nickel Prices Are Rebounding on Steel Demand
• S-Oil Said to Offer Naphtha for March Loading From Onsan
• Russian Rail to Spend on Ust-Luga, Not Primorsk, Vedomosti Says
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Asia Debt Head Seeks Up to $1 Billion for Fund
• Impala Platinum of South Africa Declares Interim Dividend of $0.17 a Share
• Euro Stoxx 50 May Advance 12% This Quarter: Technical Analysis
• World Bank Warns Kenya Against Capping Commercial Bank Rates
• Commodities Drop From 6-Month High as EU Delays Decision on Greek Bailout
• China Ore Stocks Will Sustain Prices on Iran Sanction
• Ukraine’s Kernel May Spend $100 Million on Russia Sunflower Mill
• China Foreign Investment Outlook ‘Grim’ as Spending Falls for Third Month
• Qantas Climbs Most in Six Months on Cost-Cutting, Sales Gain: Sydney Mover
• Alumina Full-Year Profit Triples on Record Output
• Taiwan Equity: Catcher, Largan, Micro-Star International, Phison
• Abu Dhabi Said to Cut Premiums on Long-Term Naphtha Supplies
• Wesfarmers Earnings Miss Estimates as Coal Profit Stalls
• Exxon Valdez Judge Refuses to Rule Against More Damage Claims
• Jeremy Lin’s Career-High 13 Assists Lead Knicks to Seventh Consecutive Win
• Westpac Reports Lower First-Quarter Earnings as Lending Margins Squeezed
• Vietnam Stocks: Asia Commercial Bank, Dinh Vu Port, Vipco
• Qatar May Set Up $1 Billion Investment Company, QNA Reports
• Woolworths of South Africa Says 26-Week Headline Earnings Increase by 36%
• Australia Loans to Rise on $90 Billion of Energy Debt, CBA Says
• Russia to Help Vietnam Produce Anti-Ship Missiles, RIA Says
• Obama Says Restoring U.S. Image Abroad Was a Top Accomplishment
• Santorum Federal Tax Rate Topped 27 Percent for Past Three Years
• Energy Transfer Profit Falls on Texas Pipelines and Propane
• India’s Consumer Spending Set to Soar to $3.6 Trillion, BCG Says
• Bank Rossii’s Ulyukayev to Oversee Kremlin Fund, RIA Reports
• Hedge Funds Forgiven for Slump as Insurers Shun Low-Yield Bonds
• Toyota-Led Quality Gains Seen Giving Auto Industry Lift: Cars
• Straw Donors Used by New York Election Fundraiser ‘Oliver’ Pan, U.S. Says
• Alabama’s Jefferson County Will Pay $5.5 Million a Month on Sewer Bonds
• Texas Primaries May Face More Delay Amid Redistricting Dispute
• Goldman Sachs Analyst Inquiry Said to Show New Focus in U.S. Insider Probe
• Chart: Too Much Optimism Points to U.S. Stock Losses
• Fed’s Poor Data, Not Greed, Drove Wall Street Off Cliff: Books
• BMW Shrinks Engine, Adds Twitter for Top-Selling 3 Series Sedan
• For-Profit Colleges Lose Incentive to Target Vets Under Bills
• Microsoft’s MSN Aims to Lure Younger Internet Users by Touting Hot Trends
• Barred Hospice Doctor’s Narcotics Orders Refused by Pharmacists
• Citigroup Whistle-Blower Says Bank’s ‘Brute Force’ Hid Bad Loans From U.S.
• Foreclosures Climb in Florida, Illinois as Lenders Resume Home Seizures
• Cancer Should Be Covered by Funds for Sept. 11 Victims, Panel Chief Says
• AMR Unions Urge Early-Exit Plans as Bankrupt Carrier Seeks 13,000 Job Cuts
• Apollo’s Black Pitches European Credit to Texas Fund for Low-Risk Value
• Lin-Fueled Win Streak Has Las Vegas Bookmakers Cutting Knicks’ Title Odds
• Cancer Would Lessen Sept. 11 Victim Pay, Fund’s Head Says
• Builders in U.S. Likely Started More Homes in January
• CBS Fourth-Quarter Sales Miss Analysts’ Views on Advertising Dip
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• Cape Wind’s Nstar Deal May Spur Financing of U.S. Offshore Farm
• Gross Fund at 66% Premium Shows Pimco Allure in Quest for Yield
• Connecticut Coach Jim Calhoun to Miss at Least Two More Basketball Games
• Falcone Said to Be Seeking Spectrum Swap to Salvage LightSquared
• Student Loans Near $1 Trillion Hurt Young U.S. Buyers: Mortgages
• Deutsche Telekom, UBS, Xstrata: European Equity Preview
• Drunk-Driving Interlock Sales May Jump
• Fed Bond-Buying Option Is Kept in Reserve as Officials Weigh Economic Data