- Asian shares fell due to North Korea Tension.
- Fed's Kohn says Economy showing signs of stabilizing.
- Russia will sign first commercial contract to supply US utility companies with uranium fuel.
- ABN Amro's Q1 loss at €886M, largely due to hefty losses on the business acquired from RBS.
- BofA will hire staff from global rivals Citi and Goldman to expand equity sales in Japan.
- CF Industries extends exchange offer for Terra Industries to June 26, 2009.
- CSL Ltd.'s $3.1B bid to take over Talecris Biotherapeutics Inc. likely to face opposition of FTC.
- GM receives $4B in US aid, $1.4B more than it had originally requested.
- GM gets concessions from Canadian union before probable bankruptcy filing.
- GMAC LLC tells employees it needs to cut $1B in costs (20% of its exps), by year's end.
- Consumer group asks J&J to remove cancer-causing chemicals to its shampoo and other products.
- JPMorgan, UBS drop appeal against asset seizures in Milan derivatives case.
- JP Morgan $29 billion WaMu windfall transforms bad loans into income.
- Norilsk Nickel swung to a net loss in 2008 of $449M on a $4.73B charge as it adjusted down the value of Canada's LionOre Mining International Ltd.
- Rio Tinto, Nippon agree to cut 2009 iron ore prices by 33-44%.
- Volkswagen, China's BYD will explore ways to team up on hybrid and electric vehicles.
- Wal-Mart Stores has defered the launch of its first cash-and-carry store in India.
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