Bloomberg.com Region - US News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and emerging-market stocks slumped and commodities dropped as Dubai’s attempt to delay debt repayments unnerved investors. Treasuries and the dollar rose while credit-default swaps surged. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=al.wI.mp0JDs&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=al.wI.mp0JDs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:51:19 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Shoppers took advantage of Black Friday discounts to snap up televisions, laptop computers and robot hamsters at Best Buy Co., Target Corp. and Toys “R” Us Inc. stores from New Jersey to Texas. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aUwZi4ieMVHc&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aUwZi4ieMVHc Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:29:14 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Department and Federal Reserve examiners should have done more to halt risky lending at U.S. banks that failed amid real-estate losses, reports by agency watchdogs show. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aFb4U0YZ49PQ&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aFb4U0YZ49PQ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Merbanco Inc. and Renco Group Inc. have made approaches about General Motors Co.’s Saab unit after a sale to Koenigsegg Group collapsed, two people familiar with the situation said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=asQSLCzXzG84&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=asQSLCzXzG84 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:22:49 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Saab Automobile, offered for sale by General Motors Co., asked Sweden’s government to relax the rules of state rescue loans and provide funding, a union chief said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ad0x4C_5rduo&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ad0x4C_5rduo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:32:24 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, shouldn’t delay the departure of Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D. Lewis and should continue looking outside for a replacement, said investor Jonathan Finger. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ax.yP8iaAWO4&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ax.yP8iaAWO4 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:09:40 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cisco Systems Inc. and U.S. wireless carrier Clearwire Corp. led $96.9 billion of bond sales this month, the busiest November since 2006, as companies took advantage of near-zero interest rates. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a8fJ3YSFB668&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a8fJ3YSFB668 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:52:41 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve gave U.S. financial companies six more months to comply with rules intended to limit the use of payment systems for Internet gambling. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=atiql366cXfI&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=atiql366cXfI Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:40:43 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc. won’t pay fees to some of its lenders for agreeing to change the terms of a credit agreement after they asked that their adviser also be compensated, people familiar with the transaction said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXlPwcYaGp5k&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aXlPwcYaGp5k Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:01 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- BASF SE and Dow Chemical Co. are competing for buyers of styrene operations generating combined sales of $10 billion as factories in the Middle East squeeze profitability in basic plastics. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a8AAd_ZjzSRw&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a8AAd_ZjzSRw Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:12:11 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Secret Service agents failed to follow established protocols that should have prevented a Washington-area couple from crashing a state dinner at the White House, the director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan, said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aOBCwj3YUs9Q&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aOBCwj3YUs9Q Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:08 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration’s special master for executive pay, has taken the blame for Bank of America Corp.’s protracted search for a new leader and for putting at risk Wall Street’s ability to lure top talent, helping the White House deflect the same criticism. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aY_yduuDBJnk&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aY_yduuDBJnk Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:02:43 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Tiger Woods is in good condition after being injured in a car accident early today in front of his Florida home that left the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer with cuts on his face. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=awzcnQC99Ssk&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=awzcnQC99Ssk Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:40:27 EST