Top Stories: Business and Finance

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:

1. Japan Manufacturer Confidence Deteriorates First Time Since End of Crisis 2. CLP, Origin Buy NSW Power Assets for $5.3 Billion, Outbidding AGL Energy 3. Dollar Maintains Gain Versus Yen Before U.S. Production Data, BOJ's Tankan 4. Swaps Doubling Signal Traders Prepared for January Rate Rise: India Credit 5. New York Fed Derivatives Reformer Lubke Joining Goldman Sachs, Memo Shows 6. Singapore Exchange Bid for ASX Cleared by Australian Competition Regulator 7. Yahoo Cutting 600 Jobs, or 4% of Workforce, as Part of Turnaround Effort 8. South Korea Unemployment Unexpectedly Reaches Lowest Level in Six Months 9. Hedge Funds Gain as Arctic Weather Increases Nordic Power: Energy Markets 10.Rio, Xstrata Dig for More Mining Deals as M&A Shifts to Emerging Markets 11.Dubai Property Prices May Continue to Fall for Two Years as Supply Grows 12.Yale Joins Duke in March to Singapore as Asia Pours Money Into Education