Top Stories: Business and Finance

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:

1. Geithner Warns Republicans Against Politicizing the Fed Over Stimulus Plan 2. Telesat May Seek Buyers in Deal Valuing Satellite Firm at Up to $7 Billion 3. Commodities Fall as China Takes Steps to Curb Inflation; U.S. Stocks Climb 4. China Will `Inevitably' Raise Rates as Wen Battles Prices, Economists Say 5. SEC Proposes Requiring Hedge Funds, LBO Firms to Register With U.S. Agency 6. Sanofi Buyout Target Genzyme to Meet U.S. Deadline to Change Manufacturing 7. Groupon Said to Weigh Sale to Google Against Raising Funds for Coupon Site 8. Green Mountain Coffee to Restate $5.8 Million of Earnings on Keurig Errors 9. Bankrupt Owner of Lipstick Building, Where Madoff Led Fraud, Can Use Cash 10.Apple May Introduce Thinner IPad Tablet Early Next Year, Analysts Predict 11.Falcone Hedge-Fund Losses Spur Shell Company's Search for Lasting Capital 12.Irish Mourn Loss of Sovereignty as Cowen Scorned Before `German Bailout'