Top Stories: Business and Finance

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:

1. Stocks Slump on Egypt Unrest as Oil Rises Most Since 2009; Dollar Climbs 2. Goldman Sachs Boosts CEO Blankfein's Stock Bonus by 40% to $12.6 Million 3. U.S. Economy Expands Amid Biggest Gains in Consumer Spending in Four Years 4. Bank of America Banker Compensation Said to Decline 10% on Falling Revenue 5. KKR Said to Drop Out of Blackstone, TPG Bidding Group for Beckman Coulter 6. Dow's Surge to 12,000 Echoes April With 81% of Stocks Above Average Price 7. Google Acknowledges Collecting Private Data in Agreement With Connecticut 8. Merkel Defies Deutsche Bank as Ackermann Frets Over Sinking Bonds in Davos 9. Trading Volume Sags to Eight-Year Low as New Issues Dwindle: Muni Credit 10.Netflix Gain on HBO Explains Jeff Bewkes's War of Words: Chart of the Day 11.BP Investors Push Dudley to Sell More Oil Fields After $5 Billion Dividend 12.Wall Street Rocket Scientists Revive Specter of CDO in Derivatives Dispute