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December 28, 2012

• New Delhi Police Bar Protests in the City, Spokesman Bhagat Says
• Rupee Leads Weekly Advance in Asian Currencies on Fund Inflows
• U.S. Backs Argentina’s Rehearing Request in Bond Dispute
• Madonna Tops Tours of 2012 With $296.1 Million in Revenue
• Sandy Aid Worth $60 Billion Passes Senate as House Balks
• Technology Entrepreneur Krikorian Resigns From Amazon’s Board
• Netflix Doubles CEO Hastings’ Compensation to $4 Million
• Olympic Gold Medalists Dominate U.K. New Year’s Honors
• European Stocks Fall in Last Week of 2012 on U.S. Budget
• New Year Fireworks, Doherty Gig, Travolta: London Weekend
• Frank Ocean Beats Lana Del Rey, Springsteen: 2012 Best CD
• Monti Says He Will Lead Coalition in Italy’s February Elections
• Argentina Restructured Bondholders Say Order Violates Rights
• N.Y. Wins U.S. Court Review of $415 Million Madoff Fight
• Gazprom’s Selloff Spurs ADRs Underperformance: Russia Overnight
• Asian Stocks Rally for Sixth Week on Japan and China Bets
• Cotton, Zinc Decline as Natural Gas Rises: Commodities at Close
• Obama Says ‘Optimistic’ Fiscal Cliff Agreement Can Be Reached
• Dollar Index Touches Two-Week High as Obama Seeks Budget Vote
• Treasuries Rise a Third Day Amid Pessimism on Cliff
• Plains Demanded No Freeport Investor Vote as Condition of Deal
• Emerging Stocks Rise to 8-Month High on China Policy, U.S. Talks
• Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Blood Thinner Approved by U.S. FDA
• Canadian Dollar in Tight Range Amid Fiscal Cliff Concern
• Citigroup, RBS Sued by DZ Bank Over $641 Million in Bonds
• U.S. Hog-Breeding Herd Unexpectedly Rose on Corn Hedging
• Facebook Patches Webcam Vulnerability After Receiving Hacker Tip
• U.S. Company Credit Swaps Advance as Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears
• Ethanol-Gasoline Discount Falls on Tight Biofuel Supply
• Midwest Gasoline at 22-Year Low as Refiners Boost Runs
• U.S. Stocks Fall for Fifth Day, Treasuries Gain on Budget
• Barnes & Noble Says Pearson Bought 5% of Nook Division
• Will India Truly Confront Its Rapists?
• Oil Slips as Gasoline Supplies Surge
• U.S. Stocks Fall as Deadline Approaches on Budget Deal
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for December 28
• MagicJack Surges as CEO Says Departure to Cut Shorts
• Lockheed Wins DoD Contracts Worth as Much $5.6 Billion
• Toronto Stocks Seen Trailing U.S. Market for Third Year
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for December 28
• Chicopee, Hampden Said to Weigh Sales Amid Investor Pressure
• First the Fiscal Cliff, Now the Dairy Cliff
• RBS Director of Retail Structured Products McIlwain Leaves
• News Corp.’s Fox Sports to Buy Cleveland Indians Network
• Canadian Solar to Buy Four Solar Projects for $37 Million
• Housing Rebound Joined by U.S. Business Activity Pickup
• Bovespa Extends Best Yearly Gain Since ‘09 on Stimulus for Banks
• Hewlett-Packard Says Justice Department Probing Autonomy
• U.S. Fiscal Cliff Talks Unlikely to Influence S&P Credit Rating
• Sweet Louisiana Oils Weaken as Brent-WTI Differential Narrows
• Putin Signs $2.9 Billion Arms Deals in Trip to India
• Port Shutdown Averted as Dockworkers Reach Tentative Deal
• First Nations Blockade Disrupts Canadian Propane Shipments
• FCC to Propose Cuts in Prisoners’ Rates for Phone Calls
• Natural Gas Futures Rise on Outlook for Frigid January Weather
• Mexico Reports 204.5 Billion Peso Budget Deficit Through Nov.
• Wheat Futures Jump Most in Four Weeks as U.S. Export Sales Surge
• Paraguay to Emulate Bolivia With First Dollar Bond Sale
• Redskins Seek First Division Title Since 1999 Against Dallas
• Monti to Head Centrist List in Senate Race in Italian Election
• Live Nation CEO Rapino Signs Accord Extending Term Through 2017
• Oil Options Volatility Rises as Deadline Nears on Budget Deal
• Oil Rigs Decline in U.S., Paring 10th Annual Advance
• Apple Will Drop Galaxy S III Mini From Samsung Patent Suit
• Gold Records Longest Run of Weekly Declines in Two Years
• San Francisco Mansion Discounts Luring Tech Millionaires
• AMR Union Says Lack of Accord Threatens Merger in Bankruptcy
• When Getting Your Butt Kicked Is the Strategy
• Banco do Brasil Jumps as Brazil Cuts Banks’ Reserve Requirements
• Is Obama Using Chuck Hagel to Bait Republicans?
• N.Y. Man Killed After Being Pushed Onto Subway Tracks
• China’s Yongye Jumps Most in Two Month on Loans From State Bank
• U.S. Natural Gas Doesn't Need Protectionism
• CEDC, Tariko’s Russian Standard Agree on New Measures for Debt
• Exchange Regulation Needs Review, Credit Suisse Says
• Defense Contractors’ Shopping Lists on Hold Ahead of Budget Cuts
• Asahi Kasei’s Zoll Sues Philips’ Respironics Over Patent
• FCC Eases Licensing Rules for Airliner Internet Access
• Natura Riskless Return Faces Threat on Expansion Abroad
• Iraq Star Rises in OPEC as Embargo Hurts Iran
• Muni-Bond Settlement, Empire State, CFTC Rule: Compliance
• Fed Says First Tennessee, Banco Bilbao Used Discount Window
• Buffett’s MidAmerican Starts Wind Farm Before Credit Ends
• Ringling Bros. Producer Gets $9.3 Mln ASPCA Settlement
• SEC Suspends Southridge Trading After Kinross Statement
• NHL Makes New Contract Offer to Players as Cancellation Looms
• Former Greek Finance Minister Denies Tampering With Lagarde List
• Shell Buys North Sea Forties Crude; Russia to Add Urals Cargo
• NYC Subways to Provide Arrival Times for Mobile Apps, Lhota Says
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for December 28
• U.K. Stocks Drop Most in a Month Amid U.S. Budget Concern
• Swiss Stocks Decline Amid U.S. Budget Concern
• Gilts Advance This Week on Fiscal-Cliff Concern; Pound Gains
• European Stocks Fall as U.S. Budget Negotiations Continue
• Dollar-Funding Stress Declines, Money-Market Indicators Show
• Italian Five-Year Notes Fall as Borrowing Costs Rise at Auctions
• Punch Taverns Jumps as Morgan Stanley Raises Stake: London Mover
• Lonmin CEO Farmer Steps Down at Platinum Miner Amid Illness
• Sales Approaching $4 Trillion in Stimulus Repast: Credit Markets
• Cotton Falls to One-Week Low on Budget Impasse; Sugar Climbs
• Chilean Court Indicts Two Men for Murder of Singer Victor Jara
• German 2014 Power Falls as Low Demand Reduces Near-Term Prices
• Indian Rape Victim Deteriorates as Singh Pledges Justice
• Ethanol Output in U.S. Rose 1.5% to 834,000 Barrels a Day
• Cattle Futures Gain on Signs of Higher Beef-Export Demand
• Argentina Restructured Bond Holders Seek Top Court Review
• Ukraine’s 11-Month State Budget Deficit Widens, Ministry Says
• Ukraine Exported 14 Million Tons of Grain, Interfax Reports
• U.K. 10-Year Gilts Erase Gain, Leaving Yield at 1.82 Percent
• Countrywide Loan Probe Ended by House Panel With No Action Taken
• Gold Bulls Strongest Since August as Funds Retreat: Commodities
• Zinc Leads Declines as Natural Gas Gains: Commodities at Close
• China Sunergy, Seul Energy, Start Solar Factory in Turkey
• U.S. DOE Weekly Petroleum Status Report for Dec. 21 (Text)
• China Asks IPO Advisers to Inspect Clients’ Financial Reports
• China Passes Law Requiring People Identify Selves Online
• S&P 500 Pares Loss on Report Obama Has Scaled-Back Budget Plan
• Harder Than Gun Control: People Control
• How Christmas Became the Most Commercialized Holiday
• Vestas Wind Systems Wins 54-Megawatt Turbine Contract in Mexico
• Hollande Jobs Pledge Undermined by Weak French Recovery: Economy
• Russian Ban on U.S. Adoptions Reflects Strained Relations
• Nuclear Output Rampus Up for Fifth Day on Duke, PPL Units
• Canada Stocks Fall as Banks Slip Ahead of U.S. Budget Deadline
• Nadal Withdraws From Doha, Australian Open With Virus
• State Trooper Accident Closed Eastern Spur of N.J. Turnpike
• Obama Summons Congress Leaders as Budget Deadline Nears
• Lira Strengthens Second Day on Corporate Sales for Tax Payments
• Spain Alone in Lifting 2013 Bond Sales as Aid Looms
• Rafael Nadal Drops Out of Australian Open Due to Stomach Virus
• German Stocks Drop, Paring Biggest Annual Gain Since 2003
• Empire State Building IPO Vote Can Proceed, SEC Says
• Ex-Glitnir Executives Get 9-Month Jail Sentences for Fraud
• Fluxys Buys 32% Stake in Medgaz Pipe From Iberdrola, Endesa
• Pending Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Climb for Third Month
• Home Depot’s Christmas in April Imperiled by Port Strike
• Romanian Leu Falls for Straight Third Day as Companies Buy Euros
• Forint Gains Second Day as Hungary Current Account Surplus Grows
• USDA Illinois Soybean Crush Report for Dec. 28
• VW Rises as Audi Boosts World Car-Market Dominance Goal
• China Gets Ore From Oman to Sierra Leone as New Trades Emerge
• Serbia’s Drcelic Sees Bond Yields Fall on Budget Cuts
• Gasoline Fluctuates on Supply Estimate, Stalled Budget Talks
• Chile Peso Poised for Third Annual Gain in Four Years on Economy
• Rajoy Says 2013 to Be ‘Very Tough,’ Leaves Door Open to Rescue
• Serb Central Bank Amends Bad Debt Rules to Boost Credit
• Gulf Air, Qatar Airways Win Saudi Domestic-Route Licenses
• U.S. Drought Monitor Report for the Week Ending Dec. 25 (Text)
• Antarctic Warming Rate Surprises Scientists: Today's Pic
• Ghanaian Growth to Drag on Africa’s 3rd-Worst Currency
• NBA’s Nets May Have More Interest in Jackson Than He Has in Them
• NYC to Get Snow Tomorrow From Week’s Second Winter Storm
• Outokumpu Signs $330 Million Loan as Inoxum Deal Is Completed
• Italian Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Grasso to Run for Democratic Party
• Yuan Sets Tone for Asia as Japan Dethroned by China: Currencies
• Four Innovation Trends to Watch in 2013
• Fed Funds Opened at 0.18%, Within Fed’s Target Range, ICAP Says
• Credit Risk Rises in Europe as Focus Stays on U.S. Budget Talks
• Fenninger Beats Maze to Take Giant Slalom World Cup in Semmering
• Risks to Indian Economic Stability Have Risen, Reserve Bank Says
• Naira Strengthens for Second Day on Dollar Inflows From Diaspora
• IDFC Bank CP deal:India Money Markets
• Andhra Bank and PNB Bank CDs Deals: Indian Money Market
• Nirma Ltd. and TMFL Ltd CP:India Money Markets
• Andhra Bank and IDBI Bank CDs Deals: Indian Money Market
• India Bonds Complete Weekly Gain on Rate-Cut Bets; Rupee Climbs
• Magnum Hunter Says May Have ‘Second Thoughts’ on Eagle Ford Sale
• 33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013
• Russia Stocks Poised for 1st Weekly Drop in Month on U.S. Talks
• Oil Poised for Biggest Weekly Gain Since August
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Market
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• Wheat Rebounds as Demand May Rise After Decline; Soybeans Gain
• Tin Stockpiles Climb to Highest Since June 6 on Malaysian Supply
• Gasoline Falls as Total Sells; Europe Gasoil Rises: Oil Products
• Hungary Court Strikes Down Voter-Registration Legislation
• Natural Gas Futures May Drop as Moderate Weather Replaces Cold
• Irish Home Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in More Than Six Years
• Marvell, Apple, Toledo Public Schools: Intellectual Property
• Juwi Focuses on Wind, Solar as It Targets 36% Sales Jump by 2015
• Bankia Falls on Ejection From Spain’s Market Index: Madrid Mover
• U.S. Embassy Cuts Operations in Central African Republic
• Palm Oil Climbs to Eight-Week High as Stockpiles Seen Falling
• Bharti Infratel Drops After Biggest Indian IPO in 2 Years
• India’s Sensex Index Completes First Weekly Advance in Three
• Italy Sells Bonds as Borrowing Costs Hold Near Two-Year Low
• Holcim Falls Most in Four Years on Higher Royalty: Jakarta Mover
• ENRC Holders Back $550 Million Deal to Buy Gertler Congo Assets
• EU Approves Winding-Down of Dexia, Belfius Restructuring Plan
• Urals Crude Drops to Two-Month Low as Supply to Europe Gains
• Turkey Trade Deficit Exceeds Estimates as Imports Grow
• Zoomlion Offers to Buy Remaining CIFA Stake From Goldman, Funds
• Ukraine Names Companies Permitted to Export Corn to China
• Portugal's Deficit Narrows to 5.6% in 9 Months to October
• Germany’s Hesse Inflation Accelerated to 2.2% in December
• Kenya Shilling Falls 1st Day in 3 as Oil Importers Seek Dollars
• Serbian Economy Shrank 2.5% in 3Q From Year Earlier
• Spain Posts Current Account Surplus as Recession Continues
• Mistry at Tata Helm as Investors Query $500 Billion Goal
• Coffee Falls as Stockpiles, Vietnamese Exports Rise; Cocoa Gains
• Italy’s 10-Year Bonds Erase Decline After Government Sells Debt
• Reliance Buys India Realty Stocks, Bajaj Sells Drugmakers
• Tencent Turns to WeChat to Defend China Turf Against Sina: Tech
• Japan to Review ‘Nuclear-Free by 2030s’ Goal, Minister Says
• Toshiba in Talks to Sell Up to 36% Stake in Westinghouse
• Rupiah Strengthens as Trade Gap Seen Narrowing; Bonds Decline
• Enel Green Power Starts up Three Wind Farms in Romania
• German Stocks Decline as U.S. Lawmakers Hold Budget Talks
• U.K. Post-Holiday Shopping Trips Barely Rise Amid Online Boom
• Asia’s Fuel Oil Crack Widens; Shell Sells Gasoil: Oil Products
• Dreyfus Cash Management Funds Daily Values as of Dec 27, 2012.
• U.K. Wind Power Generation Rises to Record 4,644 Megawatts
• Vestas Signs Biggest Wind-Turbine Framework Agreement in Denmark
• Agrokor Raises 35 Million Euros on Sale-Leaseback, Poslovni Says
• Airline Crash Insurance Claims Fall as Accidents Decline
• England Had Wettest Year on Record in 2012, Met Office Says
• Aso Says Academic Not Appropriate for BOJ’s Next Governor
• Asian Stocks Rise as Japan Consumer Prices Fall
• Copper Seen Rising as China Report May Add to Demand Optimism
• Coloplast Rises as Nordea Sees 2013 Gains: Copenhagen Mover
• Porsche Jumps on New York Court Dismisal of VW Stake Case
• Kia Names Ex-Audi Designer Schreyer First Non-Korean President
• Euro Weakens Against Dollar, Declining 0.2 Percent to $1.3208
• Bangladesh Sees Factory Lure Even as Blaze Spurs Labor Gains
• Eurasia Drilling to Borrow $272.4 Million From UniCredit Bank
• Baht Advances After Recovery Optimism Sends Stocks to 1996 High
• China Money Rate Drops First Time in Four Days as PBOC Adds Cash
• Vietnam’s Top Fund Sees Home-Grown Rally in 2013: Southeast Asia
• Euro-Area Recession Eased in December, Eurocoin Index Signals
• Rupee Leads Weekly Advance in Asian Currencies on Fund Inflows
• Japanese 115-Year-Old Becomes Oldest Man in History
• Iran Starts 6-Day Hormuz Strait Drill to Show ‘Readiness’
• Rinehart and Singleton Seek to Boost Say in Fairfax Media
• TOP Oil Market News: Oil Set for Weekly Gain; Iraq’s Star Rises
• Japan’s Production Slumps to 2011 Quake-Aftermath Low: Economy
• China’s Stocks Rise, Capping Fourth Weekly Gain; Brokers
• Rebar Set for Best Quarter in Two Years on China Property Demand
• Copper Gains in London Before China’s Manufacturing: LME Preview
• Airbus Reaches A380 Full-Year Delivery Target as New Orders Lag
• Hungary Third-Quarter Current Account Surplus Exceeds Estimates
• Rubber to Extend Bull Market as Stimulus Accelerates Recovery
• Russia to Export 17 ESPO Oil Cargoes Via Kozmino in February
• Russia Adds 60,000 Tons to Novorossiysk’s January Crude Exports
• Clippers Win 15th Straight Win for Longest NBA Streak Since 2008
• Indonesian Power-Station Coal Swaps Decline; China Prices Fall
• Yeochun NCC Said to Buy Naphtha Cargoes for First-Half February
• German Bunds Snap Three-Day Advance Before Italian Debt Sale
• Baylor, San Jose, Cincinnati Win; USC’s Barkley Out of Sun Bowl
• First Gulf War Commander Norman Schwarzkopf Dies at 78 Years Old
• Goldman Sachs Buying Japan’s Exporters on Abe Policy Bets
• Real Madrid to Sell EU250 Million of Bonds, El Confidencial Says
• Weak Windows 8 Demand Saps PC Sales, Fujitsu President Says
• Singh Pledges Justice as Rape Victim Taken to Singapore
• Australia Routs Sri Lanka to Seal Test Cricket Series Win
• China Says Japan Must Reflect on History After Sex Slave Comment
• Temasek Boosts Olam Stake to 19%, Says Attractive Long Term
• NBA’s Brooklyn Nets Fire Coach Avery Johnson, Carlesimo Steps In
• Dollar May Touch 9-Month Low to Swiss Franc
• Leighton Unit Awarded A$1.2 Billion Contract for Ichthys Project
• Benitez in Line to Get Chelsea Job Permanently: Soccer Roundup
• Pakistan to Start Vaccinations as Measles Kills 193 Children
• Aussie Touches 20-Month High Against Yen on BOJ Stimulus Bets
• Iran’s Qashqavi Rejects Military Base Remarks Reports, TV Says
• Hollywood Seeks to Repeat Record With ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Trek’
• Brain-Injured in Nursing Homes Without Care Giffords Had
• Myriad Stymies Cancer Answers by Impeding Data Sharing
• IPOs Slump to Lowest Level Since Financial Crisis
• Obama Has Double Dilemma in Choice of New Pentagon Chief
• NorthStar’s Hamamoto Sells NYC Co-Op in $50 Million Deal
• Ravens’ Reed Is Fined $55,000 for Hit on Giants’ Cruz, Fox Says
• Ex-Yankee Hideki Matsui Retires From Baseball After 20 Seasons
• Heat’s Wade Gets One-Game NBA Ban; Lakers’ Howard Fined $35,000
• Connecticut Lawyer Picked, Foley, Gibson Dunn: Business of Law
• Jackson Quitting EPA Hands Successor Fracking Fight