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$8.5 Billion Deal Near in Suit on Bank Mortgage Debt Ocala Bank of America is completing an agreement to pay $8.5 billion to settle claims by investors that purchased mortgage securities that soured when the housing bubble burst, according to people briefed on the deal. It represents what is likely to be the ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek Parliament Expected to Approve Austerity Plan New York Times By RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS ATHENS — The Greek Parliament was preparing to vote Wednesday on a package of austerity measures the country must implement if it is to gain access to emergency international lending and stave off default, ... See all stories on this topic »

Home prices edge up in April from March but fall from April 2010 Los Angeles Times Prices of previously owned single-family homes rose 0.7% in April from March but were down 4% from a year earlier, according to the Case-Shiller index. Analysts expect prices to keep dropping this year but not as fast as they have lately. ... See all stories on this topic »

Judge Explains 150-Year Sentence for Madoff New York Times By giving Bernard L. Madoff a term of 150 years, Judge Denny Chin seemed to find a way to translate society's rage into a number. By BENJAMIN WEISER With the sentencing of Bernard L. Madoff only a week away, Judge Denny Chin received a letter from Mr. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Oil Gains a Second Day on Forecast Drop in US Stockpiles, Greece Vote Bloomberg By Rachel Graham - Wed Jun 29 09:46:24 GMT 2011 Oil rose in New York, extending the biggest gain in six weeks, amid concern OPEC may reduce output in response to the International Energy Agency's move to release oil stockpiles. Futures advanced as much ... See all stories on this topic »

Oklahoma drops to No. 28 in 'Top States for Business' study Tulsa World By LAURIE WINSLOW World Staff Writer Oklahoma's rank dropped three notches to No. 28 in the fifth annual CNBC study of "America's Top States for Business." To determine the rankings, CNBC used public data based on 43 measures of competitiveness. ... See all stories on this topic »

Campbell Soup to cut 770 workers Cherry Hill Courier Post Campbell Soup Co. announced Tuesday it will lay off approximately 770 people worldwide -- 130 of them at its Camden headquarters -- to reduce overhead and improve efficiency. The layoffs will be accomplished through consolidation of manufacturing ... See all stories on this topic »

Treasury 10-Year Yields Approach Two-Week High Before US Housing Report Bloomberg By Keith Jenkins and Wes Goodman - Wed Jun 29 09:13:12 GMT 2011 Treasury 10-year yields were near the highest in two weeks amid optimism that Greek lawmakers will pass an austerity plan required to avoid default, damping demand for the perceived safety ... See all stories on this topic »

Homeowners deserve more than halfhearted mortgage relief Los Angeles Times The Home Affordable Modification Program has fallen far short of its goal of helping as many as 4 million borrowers. Rather than end HAMP, the government should change its focus to reducing the home loan balances of struggling people. ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Future of federal solar programs in doubt USA Today By Erin Kelly, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The solar power industry is facing a double threat from a Congress that may turn off the flow of federal subsidies and take a pass on mandating renewable-energy standards that would increase demand. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Automakers Lead Jump in Japanese Factory Output New York Times By REUTERS TOKYO — Japanese factory output made its biggest jump in May in almost 60 years, as manufacturers restored supply chains damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March. The data provided the latest evidence that the economy was headed for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Deutsche Boerse Asks EU to Approve NYSE Euronext Takeover Bid Bloomberg By Aoife White - Wed Jun 29 09:46:32 GMT 2011 Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1) asked European Union regulators to approve its plan to buy NYSE Euronext (NYX) in a deal valued at about $9.2 billion, creating the largest owner of equities and derivatives markets ... See all stories on this topic »

Toyota to recall 82200 vehicles in the US Charlotte Observer AP TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will recall about 82200 hybrid SUVs in the US due to computer boards with possible faulty wiring. The car giant said the recall will involve Highlander and Lexus brand hybrid SUVs from its 2006 and 2007 ... See all stories on this topic »

Muddy Waters-targeted Spreadtrum says accusations "groundless" Reuters By Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada SHANGHAI, June 29 (Reuters) - Spreadtrum Communications Inc , the latest US-listed Chinese company targeted by Muddy Waters, defended itself on Wednesday, saying the short-seller's accusations of a likely misstatement ... See all stories on this topic »

Hewlett-Packard Turning to China to Develop Products for Emerging Markets Bloomberg By Bloomberg News - Wed Jun 29 08:35:13 GMT 2011 Leo Apotheker, chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co., attends a media event in Beijing. Photographer: Keith Bedford/Bloomberg Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is turning to China for engineers to ... See all stories on this topic »

China's Buffett-Backed BYD Says Profit Down 84 Pct ABC News Chinese auto and battery maker BYD Co. said Wednesday its profit fell 84 percent in the first quarter, mainly due to a slowdown in car sales and rising costs. The company, whose shares will begin trading in the southern city of Shenzhen on Thursday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Animal welfare group pressures grocers with videos Omaha World-Herald DES MOINES (AP) — An animal welfare group that has used undercover videos to generate public outrage over the treatment of livestock said it now plans to use secret recordings to pressure large grocery chains to stop buying from farms that use ... See all stories on this topic »

Biz Stone Leaves Twitter to Restart Obvious Corporation New York Magazine Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is leaving his full-time post at Twitter to restart The Obvious Corporation, with his former Twitter cohorts Evan William and Jason Goldman. Obvious began way back when, as a company Williams created to buy back a failed ... See all stories on this topic » New York Magazine

Tech IPOs Test Sky-High Values Wall Street Journal By NICK WINGFIELD, ANUPREETA DAS and GINA CHON With Internet valuations surging and bankers circling Silicon Valley, online-games maker Zynga Inc. is preparing to test investors' appetite for an initial public offering that values the young company as ... See all stories on this topic »

Lead Bid Emerges in Sale of Myspace Wall Street Journal By RUSSELL ADAMS And EMILY STEEL Ad-targeting firm Specific Media has emerged as the front-runner to buy News Corp.'s Myspace, according to people familiar with the matter, as News Corp. races to close the book this week on an ill-fated acquisition. ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. Consumer Confidence Hits Seven-Month Low Bloomberg By Alex Kowalski and Jillian Berman - Tue Jun 28 15:11:37 GMT 2011 Joblessness hovering around 9 percent, rising inflation and falling share prices may keep household sentiment in check, raising the risk that the biggest part of the economy will ... See all stories on this topic »

Social Web browser RockMelt lands $30 million and a Facebook investor Los Angeles Times Investors are betting big on a Web browser built by Netscape veterans for the Facebook generation. Even though RockMelt only has a minuscule share of the browser market, some of Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists are throwing their weight and ... See all stories on this topic »

Energy Transfer warns Southern against Williams talks Reuters By Krishna N Das BANGALORE, June 29 (Reuters) - Pipeline operator Energy Transfer Equity LP , bidding for Southern Union Co for about $4.1 billion, said any attempt by Southern to talk with rival bidder Williams Companies will be a "willful and ... See all stories on this topic »

Singapore Banks, Solvency II, Lagarde to Head IMF: Compliance Bloomberg By Carla Main - Wed Jun 29 04:01:01 GMT 2011 Singapore said it will raise capital rules for local lenders to more than the global minimum to solidify the city's reputation as a financial hub after regulators tightened norms for the world's biggest ... See all stories on this topic »

Sony To Promote Andrew House To Head Videogame Unit Wall Street Journal By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Juro Osawa TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Sony Corp. (6758.TO) appointed Andrew House, the head of its PlayStation business in Europe, to become the global chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment starting in September, ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexico's Coca-Cola Femsa buys Tampico beverage arm MarketWatch By Amy Guthrie MEXICO CITY (MarketWatch) -- Mexican soft-drink group Coca-Cola Femsa SAB /quotes/zigman/131472/quotes/nls/kof KOF +0.03% said late Tuesday it has agreed to acquire the beverage operations of privately held Mexican conglomerate Grupo ... See all stories on this topic »

LinkedIn Jumps After Banks Predict Stock Gains Bloomberg By Zachary Tracer - Tue Jun 28 18:58:45 GMT 2011 A LinkedIn Corp. banner hangs on the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on May 19, 2011. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Alan Patricof, managing director of ... See all stories on this topic »

Shaw Group hit with fiscal 3Q loss on charges Forbes AP , 06.28.11, 08:09 PM EDT Shaw Group Inc. said on Tuesday that problems with a subcontractor on an energy and chemicals project and troubles on another project triggered a $70 million loss in its fiscal third quarter. Shares of the engineering and ... See all stories on this topic »

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