"Wallstreet" Reader

"Wallstreet" Reader


Asian Markets Look to Central Banks

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:41 PM PDT

Asian stocks posted modest gains early Tuesday on speculation central banks in Europe and the U.S. will do more to boost their ailing economies. The Nikkei was up 0.5%.


Navistar Expected to Alter Course

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:53 PM PDT

Navistar is expected to disclose soon that it is backing away from the pollution-reduction technology for its engines that has weighed on the U.S. truck maker's sales and brought it into conflict with federal regulators.

India Car Industry Slows

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:27 PM PDT

India's auto industry was one of the high-profile success stories of the country's recent boom years. Now, the business is running into roadblocks that threaten its growth.

Facebook Mulls Eating Its Own

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:22 PM PDT

As newly public Facebook attempts to branch out to new areas such as e-commerce, it's searching across its own social network for acquisitions.


CEO of Poker Site Full Tilt Is Arrested

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:32 PM PDT

The chief executive of Full Tilt Poker, the one-time Web poker giant, was arrested Monday as the government unveiled new criminal charges against him related to an alleged Ponzi scheme.

IPad Case Takes Small Bite Out of Apple

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:38 PM PDT

Apple took in nearly $8 billion in greater China during the first three months of 2012. The price of continuing to sell its tablet in China under the iPad name: a mere $60 million.

Lining Up Libor Alternatives

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:26 PM PDT

The hunt for a credible replacement for Libor—long the most accepted market measure of short-term interest rate moves—is heating up.


Bristol Focuses on Diabetes Treatment

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 03:56 PM PDT

Bristol-Myers Squibb hopes to accelerate sales of diabetes drug Bydureon, which Bristol stands to obtain with its proposed purchase of Amylin.

Factory Slump Reaches U.S.

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:55 PM PDT

The global slowdown is hitting U.S. manufacturers hard, threatening a key pillar of the recovery and fueling fears the economy is heading for a stall.


Banks Seek Dismissal of Libor Suit

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Bank of America, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and other banks involved in setting the London interbank offered rate have jointly requested dismissal of antitrust litigation brought against them.

Glaxo in $3 Billion Settlement

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 08:01 PM PDT

GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of illegally marketing drugs and keeping safety data from U.S. regulators, and to pay $3 billion to the government.


Lehman Advisers Seek $91 Million

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:38 PM PDT

Alvarez & Marsal is requesting court approval of as much as $91 million in incentive fees for its work on the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.

Anadarko Sells Partial Stake in Gulf Project to Undisclosed Partner

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 10:41 AM PDT

Anadarko Petroleum sold a stake in its Lucius oil-and-gas project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to an undisclosed party, in exchange for $556 million to cover development costs.

GE, Rosneft in Preliminary Agreement on Oil Equipment

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:42 AM PDT

GE and Russia's OAO Rosneft reached a preliminary agreement to jointly evaluate and develop commercial oil and gas exploration and production opportunities in the Russian Federation.

Finland, Netherlands Oppose EU's Bond-Purchase Plan

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:15 PM PDT

Finland and the Netherlands took issue Monday with the European Union's decision to use the bloc's new, permanent rescue fund to buy government bonds from private investors in a bid to end the region's debt crisis.

QE2 Cruise Liner to Be Hotel

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 08:48 AM PDT

Dubai said it will renovate and convert the Queen Elizabeth 2, the 45-year-old ocean liner, into a 300-room floating hotel.

Euro-Zone Data Show Continuing Gloom

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:45 AM PDT

Activity at euro-zone factories continued to fall sharply, while the unemployment rate rose to a record high.


Dell Wins Bidding War For Quest

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:12 PM PDT

Dell will buy business-software maker Quest Software for $2.36 billion, bringing a bidding war with a private-equity group to a close.

Lincare Board Backs Linde Offer

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT

The board of U.S. respiratory therapy and services provider Lincare recommended its shareholders accept the $4.6 billion takeover offer from German industrial gas supplier Linde.

Micron to Acquire Rival Elpida

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Micron agreed to acquire troubled Elpida Memory for about $2.5 billion, in a move that will allow the U.S. chip maker to grow its portfolio of memory products and challenge rivals in South Korea and Taiwan.