Top Stories: Business and Finance

Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:

1. China Rate Increases in 2011 May Be Front-Loaded as Inflation Accelerates 2. Euro Pain Turns to 23% Gain for Europeans Pumping Cash Into S&P 500 Rally 3. Japanese Stocks Rise as Oil, Metal Prices Advance; Elpida Gains on Tie-up 4. Consumer-Backed Bond Sales to Diminish After Fed Ends TALF: Credit Markets 5. China Stocks, Bonds May Drop Little as Rate Increase Follows Cash Squeeze 6. QE2 Working Combines With Eisenhower Yields in 1% Returns for Treasuries 7. Retailers Hurt as East Coast Storm Keeps Post-Christmas Shoppers at Home 8. Japan Employees Sacrificing Wages Means Unending Deflation: Chart of Day 9. U.K. House Prices May Extend Drop in 2011 on `Weak' Demand, Hometrack Says 10.Japan Government Bonds May Rise on Speculation Stronger Yen to Hurt Stocks 11.Dark Pools Increase Share of Trading in Japan Stocks, Exchange Data Show 12.Hildebrand Unable to Unload `Burden' of Record Franc as GDP Seen Slowing