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• Financials, Europe debt auctions lift Wall Street (Reuters)
• Jobless claims near 4-year low, inflation muted (Reuters)
• Bank of America profit boosted by one-time gains (Reuters)
• Morgan Stanley posts Q4 loss but beats Street (Reuters)
• Apple jumps into digital textbooks fray (Reuters)
• SEC Inspector General Kotz leaving agency (Reuters)
• Housing starts drop more than expected in December (Reuters)
• Morgan Stanley's loss is narrower than expected (AP)
• Thousands gather for protest march in Bucharest (AP)
• Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP)
• Ford to pay bonuses, raises for salaried workers (Reuters)
• Starbucks closing in on retail deal with Tata Coffee (Reuters)
• Rate on 30-year mortgage down to record 3.88 pct. (AP)
• Huge oil rig arrives to explore in Cuban waters (AP)
• NY Senate bloc pushes for small business laws (AP)
• GM CEO to address House subcommittee on Volt fires (AP)

Financials, Europe debt auctions lift Wall Street (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:56 AM PST Reuters - U.S. stocks rose early Thursday, putting the S&P on track for its third straight advance after Bank of America and Morgan Stanley earnings lifted financials and strong demand at European bond auctions eased euro zone debt concerns.

Jobless claims near 4-year low, inflation muted (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:06 AM PST Reuters - The number of Americans filing for new jobless benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic expanded, suggesting the economy maintained its momentum early in the year.

Bank of America profit boosted by one-time gains (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:07 AM PST Reuters - Signs of improvement in the economy and gains from asset sales helped Bank of America Corp post a quarterly profit, sending its shares higher on Thursday, but the second-largest U.S. bank still needs more capital and with little left to sell, it is becoming creative.

Morgan Stanley posts Q4 loss but beats Street (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:36 AM PST Reuters - A special charge pushed Morgan Stanley into the red in the fourth quarter, but the Wall Street bank still posted better-than-expected results by cutting non- compensation costs, sending its shares higher.

Apple jumps into digital textbooks fray (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:08 AM PST Reuters - Apple Inc unveiled a new digital textbook service called iBooks 2 on Thursday, aiming to revitalize the U.S. education market and quicken the adoption of its market-leading iPad in that sector.

SEC Inspector General Kotz leaving agency (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST Reuters - David Kotz, the tough internal watchdog at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of January to join a private investigative service.

Housing starts drop more than expected in December (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:36 AM PST Reuters - Housing starts fell in December as groundbreaking on rental property posted a big decline, splashing some cold water on hopes the still-weak housing sector could boost economic growth this year.

Morgan Stanley's loss is narrower than expected (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST AP - Morgan Stanley posted a fourth-quarter loss of $275 million Thursday, its first since early 2009, dragged down by the cost of a settlement over failed mortgage securities.

Thousands gather for protest march in Bucharest (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST AP - Thousands of Romanians marched through their capital on Thursday to demand the resignation of their government for imposing harsh austerity measures in order to receive international loans for the nation's battered economy.

Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:48 AM PST AP - Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance

Ford to pay bonuses, raises for salaried workers (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST Reuters - Ford Motor Co will give bonuses and merit-based raises to salaried workers in the United States and Canada this spring, the first time the No. 2 U.S. automaker has paid out both since the onset of the financial crisis.

Starbucks closing in on retail deal with Tata Coffee (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:39 AM PST Reuters - Starbucks Corp , the world's largest coffee company, is finalizing its retail partnership with India's Tata Coffee Ltd and hopes to announce the deal by the end of this month, a senior official of the Indian company said on Thursday.

Rate on 30-year mortgage down to record 3.88 pct. (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:46 AM PST AP - The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell again this week to a record low. The eighth record low in a year is attracting few takers because most who can afford to buy or refinance have already done so.

Huge oil rig arrives to explore in Cuban waters (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST AP - A massive oil rig has arrived in Cuban waters and is set to begin exploring for undersea crude.

NY Senate bloc pushes for small business laws (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:40 AM PST AP - While New York devotes much of its effort and billions of dollars in tax breaks to attract global corporations, an influential bloc of state senators is targeting small business.

GM CEO to address House subcommittee on Volt fires (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST AP - General Motors CEO Dan Akerson has agreed to testify before a U.S. House subcommittee about battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric cars.

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