Top Stories: Business and Finance
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:
1. Commercial-Paper Sales to Rise 20% as Loan Curbs Boost Rates: China Credit 2. Dollar Trades Near Week High Versus Yen Before U.S. Data on Jobs, Services 3. Rupee Top Forecaster Wells Fargo Predicts 9% Jump for 2011: India Credit 4. Toyota Misses Out on Sales Rebound in U.S. as Hyundai, Honda, Nissan Gain 5. Australian Floods May Take Significant Economic Toll, RBA's McGauchie Says 6. Fed Officials Said Economic Gains Not Enough to Scale Back Asset Purchases 7. Thailand's Baht May Underperform in 2011 on Capital Curbs, Aberdeen Says 8. Atheros Jumps on Report Qualcomm Near Deal to Buy Company for $3.5 Billion 9. Sydbank Buys Brazil, Polish Inflation Debt After Posting Best 2010 Returns 10.Israel's Most Influential Woman in Finance Makes Leumi Top Bank in Lending 11.Hyundai Motor's Chung Nears Builder Takeover After Trumping Sister-in-Law 12.Merkel's Nuclear Embrace Earns Derision as German Clean Power Costs Climb