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TEVA, PFE: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will buy generic drug maker Ratiopharm Group International
BKS: Barnes & Noble promotes its head of e-commerce to CEO

WSJ
MS, UBS, JPM, CS, BCS, GS: Investment banks entering new era of shrinking margins, increasing competition
HIG: Hartford Financial s rally might not be over

NYT
AMAT, INTC: American firms moving high-tech research to China
AMZN, AAPL: Amazon plays hardball on e-book pricing

Barron s
QCOM: A buying opportunity for Qualcomm
BBI, NFLX: Netflix could rise on Blockbuster s woes

TheStreet
PM, FUR: Fund manager focuses on consumer staples
ZANE: Is Zanett s rally justified?
BAC, C, GS, JPM, MS, WFC: 5 reasons to be cautious on bank stocks

SmartMoney
MCD, MO, CPB: 3 stocks with big dividends and buybacks

Bloomberg
F: Ford s CEO says the company is making progress in talks to sell Volvo unit

Reuters
XOM, BP, STO, TOT: EPA set to investigate technique used in shale gas drilling

Motley Fool
BRK.A, KO, WFC, PG, JNJ: Berkshire gets ahead with dividends

24/7 Wall Street
GOOG, MSFT, AAPL, TIVO, SNE, INTC: Google s invasion of the living room doomed to fail

CNBC
GPS: Options are unusually bullish on the Gap

Seeking Alpha
TEVA: Generic drug maker seen consolidating its competitive advantage