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• Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis (Reuters)
• German bonds fall; stocks, euro vulnerable (Reuters)
• AT&T braces for T-Mobile deal collapse (Reuters)
• Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO (Reuters)
• Fitch cuts Portugal rating on high debts, worse outlook (Reuters)
• Tokyo stock exchange makes offer for Osaka bourse (AP)
• Insight: Fidelity's expensive debt raises eyebrows (Reuters)
• Portugal lowered to junk status as big strike hits (AP)
• PMI Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (AP)
• France and Germany to propose changing EU treaties (AP)
• India opens more to foreign multibrand retailers (AP)
• Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP)
• Labor unrest taking shine off Colombia's oil boom (Reuters)
• Supercommittee failure complicates election year (AP)
• GM spent $1.78M lobbying federal government in 3Q (AP)

Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:26 AM PST Reuters - France and Germany agreed on Thursday to stop arguing in public over whether the European Central Bank should do more to rescue the euro zone from a deepening sovereign debt crisis.

German bonds fall; stocks, euro vulnerable (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:34 AM PST Reuters - German government bond yields hit their highest in nearly a month and world stocks held near 7-week lows Thursday, a day after a weak debt sale in Berlin fanned fears the euro zone debt crisis is starting to threaten its biggest > falling 115 ticks on the day to 134.66, the lowest since October 31.

AT&T braces for T-Mobile deal collapse (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:44 AM PST Reuters - AT&T said it would take a $4 billion charge in case its takeover of T-Mobile USA fails, reflecting the dwindling chances for the deal seen as job-destroying by powerful political opponents.

Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:39 AM PST Reuters - Three executives of Japan's Olympus Corp resigned on Thursday ahead of a boardroom showdown with ousted CEO Michael Woodford, as the British whistleblower said he would not be surprised if "some criminality" were involved in the scandal engulfing the once-venerable firm.

Fitch cuts Portugal rating on high debts, worse outlook (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:32 AM PST Reuters - Fitch downgraded Portugal's credit rating to junk status on Thursday, citing large fiscal imbalances, high debts and the risks to its EU-mandated austerity program from a worsening economic outlook.

Tokyo stock exchange makes offer for Osaka bourse (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST AP - The Tokyo Stock Exchange is making a $1.1 billion offer for its Osaka rival under a plan to join the two markets by January 2013 as global competition between bourse operators intensifies.

Insight: Fidelity's expensive debt raises eyebrows (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:03 PM PST Reuters - Fidelity Investments gives a select group of employees an unusual perk. It lets them make unsecured loans to the company at annual interest rates that have paid them nearly 20 percent in recent years.

Portugal lowered to junk status as big strike hits (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:37 AM PST AP - Portugal's efforts to climb out of its economic crisis suffered a double setback Thursday as its credit rating was downgraded to junk status and a major strike gave voice to broad public outrage over austerity measures that have squeezed living standards.

PMI Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:45 PM PST AP - Private mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc. is seeking shelter from creditors under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy code after the seizure of two of its subsidiaries by regulators in Arizona.

France and Germany to propose changing EU treaties (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:04 AM PST AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared to temper his calls for the European Central Bank to play a bigger role in solving Europe's debt crisis as he agreed to a German effort to unite the troubled 17-nation eurozone more closely.

India opens more to foreign multibrand retailers (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:05 AM PST AP - India's Cabinet decided Thursday to allow more direct foreign investment in the nation's huge retail industry, a move that could strengthen the country's food supply chain and open India to giant global retailers such as Wal-Mart.

Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 10:51 AM PST AP - Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance

Labor unrest taking shine off Colombia's oil boom (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:54 AM PST Reuters - Protesting oil workers have yet to buy into Colombia's grand vision for its oil industry, staging strikes that have shut the country's largest oil field and threatening further unrest.

Supercommittee failure complicates election year (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:25 PM PST AP - The failure of Congress' deficit-reduction supercommittee adds a new dimension to the 2012 political contests, drawing political battle lines around broad tax increases and massive spending cuts that now are scheduled to begin automatically in 2013.

GM spent $1.78M lobbying federal government in 3Q (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:18 PM PST AP - General Motors Co. spent 29 percent less lobbying the federal government in the third quarter this year than last, but it still spent $1.78 million to influence legislators and agencies on gas mileage and pollution regulations, electric vehicle infrastructure funding, distracted driving regulations and other issues.

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