Top Stories: Business and Finance

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:

1. Toronto-Dominion Bank Is Said to Near Accord to Acquire Chrysler Financial 2. Japanese Stocks Rise for First Time in Three Days as Commodity Prices Gain 3. Lend Lease to Acquire Bilfinger's Australia Unit Valemus for $1.05 Billion 4. Mitsui OSK Cuts Bond Debt as Default Swaps Beat Nippon Yusen: Japan Credit 5. Australia's Central Bank Judged Policy `Mildly Restrictive,' Minutes Show 6. NMDC to Acquire Australian Iron Ore Mine as Alliance With Rio Tinto Stalls 7. Norilsk Nickel Sells $3.5 Billion Stake to Trafigura After Pursuing Rusal 8. Hyundai Group's Hyun May See Brother-in-Law Challenge as Builder Bid Fails 9. Sony May Surpass Samsung in India LCD-Television Sales, DisplaySearch Says 10.Japan `Turning Point' to Boost Demand as Companies Save Less: Chart of Day 11.India Can't Find Enough Laborers to Build Roads in $1 Trillion Singh Plan 12.Gold Rush in Nigeria Kills Children as Miners Belatedly Discover Lead Dust