Peter Dunn renounced his U.S. citizenship last year so he no longer would have to deal with the Internal Revenue Service, Al Lewis reports.

U.S. stock index futures shake off European worries to post modest gains as investors await Facebook’s much-publicized initial public offering.

U.S. stock index futures shake off European worries to post modest gains as investors await Facebook’s much-publicized initial public offering.

Europe stocks traded choppy with losses for miners and drinks makers, while banks rebounded from earlier losses related to a downgrade of Spanish banks by Moody’s Investors Service late the prior day, amid talk of a ban on short selling of those institutions.

AAPL +/- An Apple Inc. senior executive said that the iPhone and Mac maker has looked at large cos. as part of its mergers and acquisition strategy, but none have passed muster. COO Tim Cook noted AAPL has traditionally made small acquisitio...

Fed Pres Bullard +/- St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said on Tues. that regulatory reform proposals before Congress probably won't prevent a future crisis and could hamper the central bank's ability to deal with one. Fed Pres Bull...

C + Citigroup Inc. is in talks to sell a hedge-fund business with about $4B in assets as the bank co. continues to whittle down a $547B pool of assets marked for sale, according to people familiar with the sale talks. SkyBridge Capital, a NY...

Consumer Confidence - ABC News reported that its weekly measure of U.S. consumer confidence slipped
further toward its all-time low, indicating that American households are becoming ever more fretful over their personal finances. The ABC Consumer Comfort Ind...

NMR +  Nomura Holdings Inc. will almost triple annual salaries for some investment-banking and trading recruits, closing a compensation gap with workers who joined in the 2008 takeover of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s Asian unit.