- Retail sales rose 0.5% during May, but much of the gain due to gasoline station receipts.
- Jobless rate will remain above 9% through the end of 2010: Economists.
- IEA slightly raised its 2009 world crude-demand f'cast for the first time in 10 months.
- Global economy to contract by close to 3%, worse than the prev. est for a 1.75% decline: World Bank.
- Actel Corp reduces Q2 guidance; sees revs declining sequentially 5-9% (prev 1-7%).
- BlackRock to pay $13.5B cash, stock for Barclays Global Investors.
- Del Monte beats by $0.09, sees FY10 EPS at $0.76-0.80 (cons $0.75); revs at $3.77-3.84B (cons $3.66B).
- Delta Air Lines, AMR Corp. plan to make deeper capacity cuts amid the U.S. recession.
- Exxon Mobil to join a pipeline project underway by TransCanada to bring natural gas from North Slope of Alaska to the continental US.
- GM picks Sweden's Koenigsegg as front-runner to buy Saab unit.
- Hartford Financial to receive $3.4B of TARP funds.
- Marshall & Ilsley Corp. plans a $400M common stock offering.
- Qualcomm raises Q3 revenue, operating income, shipment guidance. Sees Q3 revs at $2.67-2.77B (cons $2.54B) vs. prev view of $2.40-2.60B.
Earnings Calendar: DUCK, MSB.
Companies to watch: Actel Corp., BlackRock, Del Monte, Delta Air Lines, Exxon Mobil,
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